SOLID WOOD FEET FOR THE PIONEER RT - 909 LIFETIME ZIPPO LIGHTER GUARANTEE
Item History & Price
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SOLID WOOD FEET FOR THE PIONEERRT-909ZIPPO LighterGuarantee For some time now I've been making solid wood feet fromJatoba (Brazilian Cherry) in several versions to fit various TEAC reel to reeltape decks. I initially made them onlyfor my use on Teac decks I restore. ButI had enough requests for them that I've been selling them to others for acouple of years. A business associate sent me a pair of feet for a PioneerRT-909 and asked me to use them as a patter...n to make a couple of pairs of feet tofit that Pioneer model. I discoveredthat vintage Pioneer decks share a problem with vintage Teac decks: The original plastic feet are very prone tobreaking! The Pioneerfeet he sent me are in these photos. Youcan see the cracks in these feet, identified in one of the photos, cracks thatare so typical of the Pioneer feet. Whenthe rear foot extension gets bumped that stresses the foot right where it isweakened by the hole for the mounting screw. I also discovered that the feet I make for the Teac X-Seriesmodels can be used on the Pioneer RT-909 with a simple modification to where theholes for the mounting screws are located. So I made them, sent them, he installed them, and everyone ishappy. And now I'm making these very strong wooden feet availableto other RT-909 owners. The strength ofthese feet is an order of magnitudeabove the strength of the original feet provided by Pioneer. Compared to these husky wooden feet theoriginals will seem dainty and fragile. They are! These wooden feet areso strong by comparison that I'm including a ZIPPO lighter guarantee, to theoriginal purchaser: IF THESE FEET EVER BREAK I"LL REPLACE THEM AT NO COST! Upon return of one of these wooden feet thathas broken I'll provide a new setof feet to the original purchaser asking that the purchaser pay only for theround trip shipping. This guarantee TOTHE ORIGINAL PURCHASER is a lifetime guarantee. My lifetime! Note in the photos the book matched end grain at the frontof these feet. Note also, in comparingthese to the originals, the solidity of the feet I'm offering vs. the hollowedout (and thus weakened) plastic originals, and the difference in width andheight. To provide additional support theamount of surface area of these wooden feet that actually TOUCHES the table topis probably more than ten times the amount provided by the originals! Pioneer made terrific tape decks. They dropped the ball with their underengineered plastic feet.
And also note that this listing contains no photos of an RT-909 with these feet installed! And I wish I had some! So I'll offer a $10 refund to the first buyer who sends me a set of usable photos of these feet installed on a PIONEER RT-909. Note here that I said "set", "first" and "usable". I'm not looking for dim, low resolution photos taken with a flip phone.
I generally provide these feet sprayed with three coats ofpolyurethane. That is what is shown inthe photos. I can also provide themeither painted satin black or unfinished. If you request the satin black expect a day or so delay in shipping to allow for adequate drying of the paint. THE BUYER NEEDS TOSPECIFY THE DESIRED FINISH!!! If noselection is made then I'll ship these items sprayed with polyurethane. The feet are shipped with correct mounting hardware and padsto optionally use to cover the mounting screw holes. Stated shipping is for the lower 48states. Other please ask for quote. Please check my feedback ands thanks for your interest. MORE DETAILS These feet are not intended to duplicate the originals. These are taller, wider, and provide a lotmore surface area to support the tape deck than the originals do. I think the originals are unnecessarilycomplicated and woefully under engineered for the job at hand. The ones I make are a lot simpler. They're also INCREDIBLY more difficult tobreak than the originals! JATOBA WOOD Jatoba wood is regularly used inBrazilfor furniture and hardwood floors. It isa very heavy wood and is so dense that in order to put a nail through it onewould normally drill a hole first rather than try to drive a nail with ahammer! The course grain is verysimilar to Teak, it is often mistaken for Teak, and often used where the lookof Teak is desired but the oily nature of Teak is not necessarily required. Look at the photos and be awarethat in some of them you are looking at the natural color of this wood, and inothers, 3 coats of low gloss polyurethane.
And also note that this listing contains no photos of an RT-909 with these feet installed! And I wish I had some! So I'll offer a $10 refund to the first buyer who sends me a set of usable photos of these feet installed on a PIONEER RT-909. Note here that I said "set", "first" and "usable". I'm not looking for dim, low resolution photos taken with a flip phone.
I generally provide these feet sprayed with three coats ofpolyurethane. That is what is shown inthe photos. I can also provide themeither painted satin black or unfinished. If you request the satin black expect a day or so delay in shipping to allow for adequate drying of the paint. THE BUYER NEEDS TOSPECIFY THE DESIRED FINISH!!! If noselection is made then I'll ship these items sprayed with polyurethane. The feet are shipped with correct mounting hardware and padsto optionally use to cover the mounting screw holes. Stated shipping is for the lower 48states. Other please ask for quote. Please check my feedback ands thanks for your interest. MORE DETAILS These feet are not intended to duplicate the originals. These are taller, wider, and provide a lotmore surface area to support the tape deck than the originals do. I think the originals are unnecessarilycomplicated and woefully under engineered for the job at hand. The ones I make are a lot simpler. They're also INCREDIBLY more difficult tobreak than the originals! JATOBA WOOD Jatoba wood is regularly used inBrazilfor furniture and hardwood floors. It isa very heavy wood and is so dense that in order to put a nail through it onewould normally drill a hole first rather than try to drive a nail with ahammer! The course grain is verysimilar to Teak, it is often mistaken for Teak, and often used where the lookof Teak is desired but the oily nature of Teak is not necessarily required. Look at the photos and be awarethat in some of them you are looking at the natural color of this wood, and inothers, 3 coats of low gloss polyurethane.
