SOLID WOOD FEET FOR THE PIONEER RT-909

ZIPPO Lighter Guarantee

For some time now I've been making solid wood feet from Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry) in several versions to fit various TEAC reel to reel tape decks.  I initially made them only for my use on Teac decks I restore.  But I had enough requests for them that I've been selling them to Teac owners for a couple of years. 

A business associate sent me a pair of feet for a Pioneer RT-909 and asked me to use them as a pattern to make a couple of pairs of feet to fit that Pioneer model.  I discovered that vintage Pioneer decks share a problem with vintage Teac decks:  The original plastic feet are very prone to breaking!  The Pioneer feet he sent me are in these photos.  You can see the cracks in these feet, identified in one of the photos, cracks that are so typical of the Pioneer feet.  When the rear foot extension gets bumped that stresses the foot right where it is weakened by the hole for the mounting screw.   

I also discovered that the feet I make for the Teac X-Series models can be used on the Pioneer RT-909 with a simple modification to where the holes for the mounting screws are located.  So I made them, sent them, he installed them, and everyone is happy. 

And now I'm making these very strong wooden feet available to other RT-909 owners.  The strength of these feet is an order of magnitude above the strength of the original feet provided by Pioneer.  Compared to these husky wooden feet the originals will seem dainty and fragile.  They are!  These wooden feet are so strong by comparison that I'm including a ZIPPO lighter guarantee, to the original purchaser:

IF THESE FEET EVER BREAK I"LL REPLACE THEM AT NO COST!

Upon return of one of these wooden feet that has broken I'll provide a new set of feet to the original purchaser asking that the purchaser pay only for the round trip shipping.   This guarantee TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER is a lifetime guarantee.  My lifetime!  (By the way...these feet will NEVER break!!!)

Note in the photos the book matched end grain at the front of these feet.  Note also, in comparing these to the originals, the solidity of the feet I'm offering vs. the hollowed out (and thus weakened) plastic originals, and the difference in width and height.  To provide additional support the amount of surface area of these wooden feet that actually TOUCHES the table top is probably more than ten times the amount provided by the originals!  Pioneer made terrific tape decks.  They dropped the ball with their under engineered 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 of polyurethane.  That is what is shown in the photos.  I can also provide them either 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 TO SPECIFY THE DESIRED FINISH!!!  If no selection is made then I'll ship these items sprayed with polyurethane.    

The feet are shipped with correct mounting hardware and pads to optionally use to cover the mounting screw holes.  Stated shipping is for the lower 48 states.  No international shipping through the eBay Global Shipping Center.

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MORE DETAILS

These feet are not intended to duplicate the originals.  These are taller, wider, and provide a lot more surface area to support the tape deck than the originals do.  I think the originals are unnecessarily complicated and woefully under engineered for the job at hand.  The ones I make are a lot simpler.   They're also INCREDIBLY more difficult to break than the originals! 

JATOBA WOOD

Jatoba wood is regularly used in Brazil for furniture and hardwood floors.  It is a very heavy wood and is so dense that in order to put a nail through it one would normally drill a hole first rather than try to drive a nail with a hammer!   The course grain is very similar to Teak, it is often mistaken for Teak, and often used where the look of Teak is desired but the oily nature of Teak is not necessarily required. 

Look at the photos and be aware that in some of them you are looking at the natural color of this wood, and in others, 3 coats of low gloss polyurethane.