RCA PHONOGRAPH MODEL VSA-1082 & BSR MODEL UA25

CSA Testing Laboratories
Approved power operated
PHONOGRAPH
S-4202

120 VOLTS - 60 CYCLES - 35 V.A.

MODEL VSA-1082

Made in Canada - Distributed by RCA LIMITED Montreal, CANADA

Serial no. 1447

Turntable

BSR MODEL U.A.25.

Made in GT BRITAIN

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bsr_ua25ua_2.html

ELECTROHOME APOLLO CIRCA 711 - RESTORING PROJECT (and final result)

A friend of mine gave me this baby.... it needed some sweet loving.

I first sanded everything with a gentle paper

Masking tape everywhere

Just about to paint it with a hammered spay paint (it looks pretty similar to the original finish)

The black hammered Tremclad from Canadian Tire

My old emac displaying a photo of the beast (notice the XONEX MODEL ET 547)

See how good it looks

The original plate was all scratched

I removed all the old paint with a gentle plastic scraper

I designed a plate based on an original taken from the internet in Adobe Illustrator

My friend Louis Bouvier at his silkscreen workshop (look at his work, he's an amazing artist)

I did silkscreen printing for the front plate, I used OIL PAINT for durability.

Even better than the real thing

The bulb is still working

I correct this with black oil paint (i used touch-up pen for cars)

Look below in the final result section, I put a link to buy the ceramic cartridge (BSR SC5H) and the needle too

All dusty

Details

Made in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

ORIGINAL MISSING LEG

As the original "leg" was missing, I used this table leg ... the dimensions were exactly the same 

Sanding with a 100 grade paper

Turning the steel to give the same finish as the aluminum 

Close enough

I used a filleted rod to put it back together

My little workshop

I had to rewire the "leg" with new wire a solder it back togheter

The wires ready to be placed

Few things going on in the garage at the same time

Inside the beast

 

I have a small ELECTROHOME APOLLO CIRCA 860 

This is the final result

I got the cartridge on ebay here at CAROLE'S NEEDLES and the needle at Maddison in Laval, Québec, Canada

I got replacement knobs at Addison in Montreal, Québec, Canada (the have a great website)

These are not the original speakers though, the are from a PANASONIC MODEL RS 252S 

THANKS FOR WATCHING