Old TSF Stereo Speaker

In this Instructable, I recycled an old TSF Radio from the 50's into a fully functional stereo speaker!

I found this Clarville Favori 55 in a garage sell nearby a week ago. I decided to open it to learn a bit more about this kind of electronic piece.

Now, I have an old-style looking speaker for my flat!

For the build, you'll need some stuff:

- an Old Radio (obviously);

- some speakers ( I used two 5W sqarish speaker from an old tv, and two additional 3W speaker)

- an amplifier (I used the cheap DX0809 60W amp)

- a power supply (12V in my case)

- an AUX cable

- some wires

You'll also need these tools:

- a power drill

- some screwdrivers and pliers

- a hot-glue gun

- a soldering iron

First of, we need to take all the unnecessary components.

To do so, use everything you can think of. I used screwdrivers to remove all visible screws.

After that, I removed the lamps, cut the resistors.

Try to salvage as much stuff as you can. It might be helpful down the road.

For example, I salvaged the old golden dials.

I also removed the heavy and damaged speaker.

In the end, you should have and emplty but good looking wooden box.

To suit your needs, you 'll have to maybe make some changes to your amplifier.

I had one DX0809 laying around. It had 2 microphones jacks; a mic volume, treble and bass potentiometer.

I removed all of those components. I also desoldered the main volume potentiometer, to move it later on.

I also changed the sense of the Speaker entries, to suit the spot I put the amp in the next step.

Now comes the time to assemble all components. I fixed the amp on the side of the box, with hot glue and small wood pieces.

I used the old dial and a potentiometer I salvaged earlier in the front. I just extended with wires, to the main board.

I also attached the two 5W speaker to the front of the box. I had two small 3W speaker to the bottom of the box, under the old metal electronics compartment.

After that, you can hook up the wires: positive and negative wires to each sockets, and in this case, the potentiometer.

To make I used some thin plywood. I cut it to size and marked where I'll had to make the holes for the AUX cable and the power jack.

To do so, I used a jigsaw and a power drill.

Okay, now, you should have a brand new, fully functional, vintage speaker!

Mine is quite loud and , as my opinion, looks good.

You can also had a bluetooth to 3.5 jack adapter and battery, to make it wireless.

Don't hesitate if you have any questions!