Beomaster 5000

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Picked this up a couple of weeks ago……should have more sense after all this time!

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Its in a bit of a state…..looks like its been through the wars

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Sold as fully functional…….however I think a bit of cleaning (quite a bit actually) and replacing of dried out capacitors will be required before power is connected, some replacement veneer too I’m thinking

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Making a start on “the low hanging fruit”,

to quote a project manager I once worked with. A friend of mine spent some time cleaning up the curser.  Interestingly this piece isn’t anodised like the face plate, which is probably why it oxidised so badly, I’m told that one can determine if something has been anodised by the use of a multimeter set to ohms……if something is anodised it wont conduct?….I will test this. New felt pads will be included too.

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this is the internals…..was sold as “restored by seller”…………..

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made a start on the cabinet top, was in a bit of a mess so re shaped the smashed corners ready for veneering…..

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I’ve decided on this african iroko veneer…..will need to stain it in order to darken it down to match the Beogram 5000 it will be paired with 

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This is a slow and painstaking exercise requiring a lot of sanding and swearing…….cant hurry the glue drying process either….

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Oh…..and this has arrived from Frede……such excellent work, was a little miffed at having to pay import duty on it now that we are free from the EU ;¬)

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Cabinet top veneer finished, shame to stain it actually….I quite like the iroko wood grain, but will have to match the Beolab or it will look odd.

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Side panels have also had a clean up and a coat of primer applied…..

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This is what was living beneath the bottom cover…….

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And I have now discovered the basis for the “restored by seller” claim on ebay……

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This was interesting….on removing the front panel for shipping to Frede I discovered a wad of folded paper wedged between the panel and the chassis……..cant imagine what it was doing there?

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disconnected and removed the tuning meter, front lens is a little cloudy from too much UV and some debris has got between the two halfs of the assembly….making it look unkept. Cant do a lot about the cloudy lens…I have tried in the past to no avail….but I can clean away the debris……..

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Not perfect…..but I’m happy with the result…..

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New feet arrived in the post…….drilled the old ones out and fixed these with bolts.

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And made a start on the trimers……

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Finished with the replacement of trimmers and capacitors, all except the channel seperation trimmer…thought I would wait until the unit is up and running before playing around with a replacement for that one.

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Thought I would check the fuses out too before powering up…..this is what I found.

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