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Post by oldolds442 on Dec 5, 2017 22:54:45 GMT
Got a new to me turntable in today, and bought a new belt for it. I put it on, and it's playing way too fast. Tried putting 2 coils of electrical tape in the platter, but it didn't make a difference. I saw in the manual for it that it shipped with 2 capstans, one for 60hz, and another one for 50hz...this is what's on there now. Is it right?  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 23:58:11 GMT
Hi and welcome to TAS, I don’t know the answer to your question, but hopefully someone might.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 6, 2017 0:15:16 GMT
Hi.
Yes, as Paul says, welcome to the forum.
I'm afraid I'm not able to answer your question, but others may be able to help. They may need to know some more info - I guess the first obvious question would be where in the world you are, in order to know what frequency you have. I'm guessing you are in the US, but I don't know for sure.
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Post by oldolds442 on Dec 6, 2017 1:45:24 GMT
Got a new to me turntable in today, and bought a new belt for it. I put it on, and it's playing way too fast. Tried putting 2 coils of electrical tape in the platter, but it didn't make a difference. I saw in the manual for it that it shipped with 2 capstans, one for 60hz, and another one for 50hz...this is what's on there now. Is it right? Just timed it and it is going a little better than 40rpm, so almost 20 percent off |
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Post by oldolds442 on Dec 6, 2017 1:46:46 GMT
Got a new to me turntable in today, and bought a new belt for it. I put it on, and it's playing way too fast. Tried putting 2 coils of electrical tape in the platter, but it didn't make a difference. I saw in the manual for it that it shipped with 2 capstans, one for 60hz, and another one for 50hz...this is what's on there now. Is it right? Just timed it and it is going a little better than 40rpm, so almost 20 percent off I am in the US, and table has a stamp on it that says 117v 60 hz |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 12:44:36 GMT
I had one of those TT's a right pain in the arse it was. I avoid turntable like the plague that have transformers built under the hood.
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Post by oldolds442 on Dec 6, 2017 14:36:06 GMT
I had one of those TT's a right pain in the arse it was. I avoid turntable like the plague that have transformers built under the hood. What about the transformer is a pain? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 18:54:21 GMT
Put your earphones on & listen carefully you can hear it
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Post by oldolds442 on Dec 10, 2017 14:33:30 GMT
Got it figured out. Got the dimensions from a guy on vinylengine forum, and found out that I have the 50hz capstan. I chucked it in my lathe and machined .025 inch off of It, and now it plays almost spot on... when I get the correct belt, I will fine tune the speed..
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 10, 2017 15:40:41 GMT
Well done!
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Post by MartinT on Dec 10, 2017 16:12:29 GMT
Nice work!
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