I had the exact same problem and solved it thanks to this video. I couldn't figure out how the plastic cover that keeps the strobe pressed down could have broken. I lost over two hours trying to tighten the left screw that keeps the plastic strip pressed down. The hole in the screw was not chamfered and it was impossible to get the thread on, eventually with a longer screw I managed to get the thread back on. A really pain in the butt but I managed it.

Thank you, great video. Had identical problem with strobe light - followed your fix, including makeshift plastic cover and the adjustment to theta robe mirror. Worked A1. Thanks again!

I like the mass of the platter+drive, solid speed from stored energy :-).

That looks very well .made low it and nice bit of fabrication work on the strobe Dave. :-)

I had nearly all of the topplayers of Thorens, incl. TD 124, 125, 126, 150, 160...I came back to the 125. To me it's one of the best phonos ever. My one is completely built up by Schopper Switzerland, the specialist for TD 124 as well. The cartridge is a Ortofon blue quintett. All together hard to beat...congrats to that beauty. If you take care, it will last forever.

I've seen some good tool inventions, like led lighted gloves and finger tip pliers. Really cool you had the right bulb. Even thoe old electronics are good, modern electronics have good upgrades too.

I have a Thorens TD-124 Mark 1 that works perfectly!

Thanks for share with us your time and expertise.

Good video but the motor is not DC. The control board uses a Wien bridge oscillator circuit to generate AC of various frequencies to create different speeds.

I ditched the burned out neon strobe lamp on my Sony PS-X7 turntable back in the late 1980's using a 16-pin dip multi-element LED and just had to change the series resistor. It still works fine to this day. The TT I bought new in 1978.

if i replace the original neon with the neon bulb, i need to add a resistor?

Nice!!

Where did you find the neon bulb? Thank you for your time!

will the plastic not melt?

Hi, I'm from Argentina and I do not understand too much English.

Not a bad idea to lubricate that bearing after you pull out the sub platter.

I have a PS-6750 direct drive which is one of those Sony decks that has a magnetic strip around the inside of the platter that is read to maintain the speed. Quite a novel system, but unfortunately it still has the tendency to drift. Definitely not quite as accurate as quartz lock.

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Thorens is the best, TD165 here...

What a bullshit design for a simple strobe light for a turntable. Also, the term is generally "removing the Platter" and not calling it the turntable. In North America "turntable" refers to the whole unit.