[Vintage-Audio] Turntables that won't

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Robert,

Suggestion #1. Remove all the old, and probably somewhat solidified, 
lubricant from everywhere you can. Then relube it with fresh grease. This 
stuff tends to become a solid non-lubricating item after years of no moving 
part exercise.

Suggestion #2. You are ten fold a better tech then I am, so I will not offer 
you more of what you already know!

Alternative: While turntable is being healed; Send 'new' records to DBF for 
remastering by the blind dude to "original
" sound - NO enhancements - on CD. For you Bob, it is a honor to do so.

Besides, when the metric ton of remastered vinyl albums to CD I shipped you 
yesterday arrives on Saturday or Monday, you are going to be so busy 
listening to part of my RCA Nashville Studio B collection that you may have 
to set multiple alarms connected to mild shock rump cattle prod devices just 
so you are alerted it is time to eat! Then again, you may not become as 
engrossed in listening to 'real' music as I do! No matter. They should 
provide enough of a temporary distraction to allow me to get the new albums 
remastered to CD before you get the turntable issues resolved. So pack and 
ship Robert!

Unrelated: I just bought the "new", yes, I said "new", album by the Eagles. 
Their first actually new album in at least twenty-eight, maybe more, years. 
No commercial here either for the Eagles, with Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, intended. 
I will not mention the name of the nationwide discount department type chain 
store, but the price was $11.88

The album contains two CD's. One with eleven tracks and one with nine. There 
is also a small 3.75 X3.75 booklet in the compartment with the CD having 
nine tracks.

Since Joe is a Ham, and a long time strong advocate for Ham Radio, I am 
mentioning the new CD here.





Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
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HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <W9RAN at oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Turntables that won't


>I like vinyl, I really do.  That's why I still have a massive pile of LPs 
>and 45s despite not having a decent way to play them.  As Duane knows, I 
>found some Anita Kerr LPs at a charity book sale a couple of years ago, and 
>at the latest one this week I picked up a few other LPs that also appeared 
>to my eye to be virgins, never played, or at least not nearly as much as my 
>old Led Zeppelin II, which I think I wore clear through.
>
> All of which created demand for a decent, working turntable.  Among the 
> collection here I have a Dual 1229 that I think qualifies, or would, if it 
> worked right.  At least I remember it cost a lot more than I could afford 
> to spend on a turntable back in the day of my old Garrard.
>
> The first problem is it takes about as much time and effort to get up to 
> speed as I do on a cold winter morning before coffee.  But once the 
> platter starts spinning, it seems to be at the right speed, according to 
> the built-in strobe.  Good!
>
> But as soon as I try to play a record, problems begin.   The biggest 
> problem is side-pressure that prevents the tonearm from tracking across 
> the grooves.  When it inevitably gets "stuck", I can feel pressure holding 
> the arm from moving.  This pressure seems to originate in a circular 
> mechanism near the pivot which is controlled by a "Tracking" lever that 
> can be moved between single and multiple play positions.  I seem to get 
> this resistance in both positions of the Tracking lever.
>
> Admittedly I'm better with a soldering iron than with a wrench, but I'd 
> appreciate in any suggestions.  Luckily I found a service manual online 
> from a place called The Vinyl Engine, which hopefully will  help avoid 
> having  unobtainable invisible pieces flying across the room as I tear 
> into this thing.
>
> Meanwhile, any  hints from one who has been there, done that would be 
> appreciated!
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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