chartz wrote:

Ah yes, Søren's repair guides... aren't they wonderful? 🙂

Yes Jacques, it is true. For those who comprehend Søren’s guides, they are indeed, wonderful. For those of us who don’t, they are inspirational. I, as you know, fall into the latter grouping. 😁

Jeff

Waiting for my Beolab 5000 to arrive from Denmark, this was so inspiring reading.

Restoring to perfection is kind of an artform that I got into two years ago. Some times I feel that the worse the startpoint is, the better the reward. You must feel very good about this incredible project :)

I am very very jelous of your craftmanship! Thank you so much for a fantastic documentation of the project.

I also have one tip I use when i feel it is important to keep the aesthetics of a piece, keep the shell of the big caps, and put the new, smaller cap inside of it. Make it look original with some heatshrink on the top. Or try to maintain the original top-plate of the old cap and fold the top as nice as possible in place again. If the innards of the cap wont come out, pour some boiling water on it. Then pull the innards of the big cap out.

I really look forward to being in the same boat as you wonderful people, owning my own Beolab 5000 :)

BR

Frank, norway

Welcome Frank, looking forward to another BL5000 thread

Søren