Not sure if this belongs here or in DIY - it's not really designing or building anything electronic so I chose this board.
A long while back I got my hands on a Pioneer PL-6A. These are fairly scarce and in my opinion really pretty. That machine became my first proper refurb job and came out very well. I never intended to sell it but someone saw it in my lounge and was happy to pay my (pretty high) asking price so off it went. Ever since then I've kept an eye out for more and one day saw Marantz123 post that he had one, so I asked if he'd ever consider selling. The other day he contacted me and told me about one for sale on gomboom and now she is mine.
This thread will be about the restoration and should have lots of pictures. The reasons for this machine is that they are pretty simple and robust, thus easy to work on. As said before, they are really nice looking and the performance is better than expected (at least my first one was).
The PL-6A is an idler drive, with a short, stout arm and comes in a sturdy, compact box. This example has a number of issues, mostly they seem small (holding thumbs) and once the decades of dirt has been removed it's actually in pretty decent original shape. I intend to keep this pretty true to the original where possible and practical.
The Courier Guy delivered yesterday and I started off by having a general look around while cleaning things up last night.
A long while back I got my hands on a Pioneer PL-6A. These are fairly scarce and in my opinion really pretty. That machine became my first proper refurb job and came out very well. I never intended to sell it but someone saw it in my lounge and was happy to pay my (pretty high) asking price so off it went. Ever since then I've kept an eye out for more and one day saw Marantz123 post that he had one, so I asked if he'd ever consider selling. The other day he contacted me and told me about one for sale on gomboom and now she is mine.
This thread will be about the restoration and should have lots of pictures. The reasons for this machine is that they are pretty simple and robust, thus easy to work on. As said before, they are really nice looking and the performance is better than expected (at least my first one was).
The PL-6A is an idler drive, with a short, stout arm and comes in a sturdy, compact box. This example has a number of issues, mostly they seem small (holding thumbs) and once the decades of dirt has been removed it's actually in pretty decent original shape. I intend to keep this pretty true to the original where possible and practical.
The Courier Guy delivered yesterday and I started off by having a general look around while cleaning things up last night.
