Pioneer PL-530 Plinth recover

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OneTonScoutII

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I recovered a PL-530 plinth for a friend of mine with some Lacewood veneer.

Its a nice looking turn table but the faux wood veneer seems to be peeling off at the edges of all of these TT's.
Happened to be a plinth available on ebay at a good price, purchased it so the TT would only be down a minimal amount of time.


I got a 2x8' sheet of S.A. Lacewood with the 3M PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive). It was about double the price of a nice walnut but its a really cool looking wood with a ton of light effect to it. I will say that its a bit harder to work with than a longer grain wood, pieces of wood easily come off or separate.



After laying out the veneer under a sheet of plywood for a couple days, I cut my pieces and stuck them on. I used a straight edge and razor to cut the pieces. Before applying the veneer I traced a template onto cardboard with all the cutouts and bolt/screw holes so I could easily find them later.




I sanded down to a 400 grit on the bare wood then applied a few coats of "clear" shellac, sanding between coats to hopefully increase the depth and light reflective quality.
Then sprayed 3 coats of lacquer, 800 grit sand on the first and 1000 grit on the second.
semi gloss finish, no stain.




Assembly was a little easier than I thought, other than taking the tone arm off basically it comes off in segments.





edit: satin finish
 
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The old dust cover is yellowed and scratched so there is a new one on the way.

few more pics:



Ill have to keep an eye out for another 530 with this extra plinth and more veneer.
 
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Great job. That's a different wood to use. Makes the turntable look a bit more modern.

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
Great job. That's a different wood to use. Makes the turntable look a bit more modern.

Nando.
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Thanks! Yeah I like the way it turned out.
Personally I think the Turntable is the most appropriate to have exotic wood patterns on. I would prefer some Missouri Walnut on the cabinets but a turn table is small enough and with enough contrast and accent to pretty much do what you want.
I love the look of Burl wood but they are approaching and sometimes exceeding $200 for a 2x8' sheet. Also Ive never seen PSA Burl wood before and it typically has gaps in the veneer that need to be filled.
 
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second plinth has the veneer applied and I made an isolation platform (1st of the 2). shellac applied as shown in pictures and I just sprayed the first coat of lacquer on both of those.

The isolation platform is made from 3 sheets of 3/4" MDF glued together and cut to the dimension of the TT plinth. Going to try satin nickel spikes from Dayton for the feet of the platform.

I have the second platform glued but no further, need to cut to size and then apply the veneer. gonna come down to the last of it.
 
VERY nice stuff, love the way it turned out!!
 
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