A great conclusion to this superb restoration. Mark is a man of many skills and disciplines and has the kind of workshop I can only dream of. It's all here, woodworking, mechanics, electronics, chemistry, it makes me smile. In years from now, Mark and his channel are going to be massive, I'm telling you. Very watchable and entertaining mate.
I hope he inspires a lot of young people, since I think that it's so valuable to learn and work things out, maybe not on Mark's level. I am 51 now and we all fixed stuff, or knew someone who was good at something. Mark is all these people together somehow. 😀That's why I enjoy his channel so much.
I have not been long on your videos but every one I have enjoyed very nice job on the record player you reminded me of my old friend he was just like you he had a big summer shed at the bottom of his garden which one small part was electronics and the other side engineering milling Machine & leave he was a very clever man just like you sir great videos 👏👏👍😊
After Reading all the Comments in to Mark I couldn't sum up any better as Mark is so talented and Entertaining and I've never known him to Make a Mistake
Probably the most comprehensively equipped personal workshop I have ever seen, jealous? moi? Excellent work. Astonished to discover the cost of that tub of lithium grease!
me hciste volver al 1974 0 1975 que es cuando descubri los tocadiscos a los 8 años... tenian pilas de discos mis hermanas mayores me crie escuchando baladas y algo de rock hasta que descubri el jazz.... me fscinan tus videos cuando haces cosas viejas me haces viajar en el tiempo saludos desde santiago del estero al norte de argentina de un viejo tecnico electronci/ informatico a otro...abrazios cordiales mark
Ciao Mark, semplicemente stupendo!!! Hai fatto un lavoro fantastico e il risultato è strabiliante! Bravissimo, ottimo lavoro e che bella officina hai. Ciao
Great transformation. I love the fact you go the extra mile when repairing something. Wish you lived closer because I have many vintage items that need an experts touch. I enjoy watching and I'm learning a lot. Please continue your show, it's great!
precioso que gran trabajo estoy encantado con sus videos llevo 3 dias viendo sus videos me encantan cuando hace bricolaje un saludo desde BARCELONA ESPAÑA.
Having watched a number of you videos I'm starting to really appreciate your work Mark. You clearly have great skills and use them really well on all these projects. I'm also loving the setup you have. It's exactly the type of setup I am working on myself. Those shelves of electronics test equipment is something else, really well done getting that all setup, it's a beautiful setup. It's really inspired me to stop toying around and have a big push to improve my own test kit. Keep on going Mark, these videos are great! Ben.
Another amazing video - I have just spent 2 hrs watching your videos this evening - Such skill, amazing workshop, supern attention to detail and you seem to be a lovely bloke. I could only dream of repairing stuff like this but it is great to see you do it. Cheers!
Came out beautifully. Thing I'm surprised at is you didn't address the scratched up metal on the platter. Thought for sure you'd regrain or replace it.
Enjoyed watching you repair this Mark, well done. Not sure if you are aware but a quick way to wrap wires together, to get a really good tight twist, secure one end of the wires in a vice, the other ends in the chuck of a drill, and gently turn the drill on, pulling a little until they are the required twist.
I was so looking forward to Part 2. A Friday evening treat for me here in Australia. Thanks. (Oh, and the knackered cartridge wasn't something I'd expected. A creative fix, though.)
Brings back memories of my BSR days....think that turntable predated my time there....pretty sure the large cam gear wheels were made of plastic on later models. Good job Mark.
Fantastic job Mark. Your standard of workmanship is terrific. Love the Channel,so glad I have found it. Just get some softer paper towels. Tell you what,I’m often up and down the M5/ M6, I’ll drop you off some kitchen rolls.
I really like this channel. I wasn't sure about the happy-go-lucky aspect at first but I really enjoy it now. This is what we need. Peace to you from the US.😁❤️😉🙂
Mark, I'm really a big fan of your work, I watch all your videos... I like the hi-fi restorations from the 80s/90s the most... I appreciate your patience and care in the restorations... greetings Andre Gaeta Brazil
Mark, The clamps that hold down the motor on the turntable. We call those here in the U.S. "Jesus Clips". The reason is if you lose one of them , The next thing you say is "Jesus" lost one of them again...😎
Hi Mark the retaining clips are called e clips cir clips have ears with holes in them and come in two form internal and external depending on which edge the holes are on.. great restoration
I had one of those back in the 70's. I tried very hard to get that BSR deck to work with a magnetic cartridge. It was impossible due the the huge magnetic flux put out by that motor. I even tried to bodge in a motor I harvisted from a cassette player. I failed. Then again I was 8 at the time.
Back in the '60s when stuff (and me!) was 'made in England'' and we tried - until you turned things over to see where they came from and they started to say ''made in Hong Kong'', then ''made in Japan'' we couldnt compete! Now its nearly all PRC, and I bet you half a crown that we will NOT be watching stuff made in China being restored in 60 years. Just sayin...Great work Mark, superb multi-tasking, and strong, safe repairs and up-grades. Worth every penny. There's hope isnt there? MEGA
That was great. Good to see an old machine being given a new lease on life. Interesting to see you methodically work your way through each potential problem area, clean lube and fix your way to the last job. To see the old record player working as it used to again was a treat and a relief. Thank you, I enjoyed this vid.
For a restoration on this level it would have been prudent to disassemble the motor and add some light oil to the felt surrounding the sintered metal bearings to ensure years of lubrication.
Those Clips holding the Motor are known as E-Clips (In fact most of the Clips on the Deck are E-Clips, I didnt See One Circlip) - Excellent Video, I Loved it
Great job. Very neat Rexine/wallpaper covering. I'm intrigued by the amplifier. It looks like just a few small transistors on a tag strip. Was there a power amp module or some power transistors hiding somewhere? Was the chassis potentially live?
Hello Mark. Another successful job from you, everything of the finest quality. What would it be like if you installed a really good amplifier and speakers in such a record player? That would certainly produce a very good sound. Best regards
Excellent work, as usual everything about this was top notch. I was curious if you had given thought about replacing the main electrolytic filter? Seeing that it still has the original selenium rectifier, they’re extremely reliable as long as the capacitor that’s filtering it’s DC output doesn’t decide to die. Of course if that happened then you could swap over to silicon and an appropriate resistor to drop the voltage to account for the more efficient rectifier. I of course know that you know all of this, I was just curious if you had given it thought or not. I always do and generally go the cautious route.
I think the basic principle is not to touch the old working parts while restoring. If we start by replacing the selenium rectifier then many adjustments are required. integrity is broken. Of course this is my opinion.
