In two and a half weeks I will be moving from my parents to my own apartment. After eight months it is time, and I'm really excited! Because this apartment will be bigger than my last, I have been trying to acquire some more furniture. Because I'm a crafter and a college student, my goal has been to fix up old furniture and save some money in the process. After a sudden bit of inspiration from Pinterest (I feel like so many conversations start that way), I realized I could turn my parents old 1978 RCA console TV into a record player stand.
After recruiting the help of my tech savvy boyfriend, we removed the back of the console, only to reveal this mess:
At which point I said, "Let's do a bit more research before jumping in." Meanwhile my poor service dog cowered under one of my sister's table (a garage sale find):
Poor Patty :(
So this project has been put on a hold for a bit, but hopefully will be resumed either later tonight or tomorrow. Any advice any one might give for dismantling a console tv would be appreciated. :)
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS VINTAGE PLEASE REPLY!!!!!!! That is a beautiful vintage console RCA Colortrak television! I happen to have an earlier model (last serviced in 1977) so it could be even older, that I intend to pass on to my children someday. I can certainly appreciate the appeal of making it into a record stand, but if you do gut that beauty PLEASE consider shipping me the components you remove!! I will gladly pay the shipping!!
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Maxwell D
3/1/2018 08:01:20 am
Hi, Sean --- I have an RCA ColorTrak console that is in need of a home. The only issue that it seems to have is occasionally color becomes black-and-white, but otherwise the picture works, etc. If you're interested, please let me know