I bought one new back in the mid - 80s. Still have it but some years ago when I tried it the tracking carriage was not moving properly. Watching the action carefully, it looks like the arm is on some kind of horizontal pivot or hinge. As the record tracks drag the cartridge to the left, the arm pivots to follow. Eventually, the position of the arm being pivoted triggers the carriage to move left. Now the arm is pivoted slightly to the right, until it is dragged left again and the process repeats. Anyway, one of these days I'll try cleaning whatever rail on which the carriage moves, and having read brianshaw373's comment, I guess I'll use Deoxit on the contacts underneath. Thank you for the info. It's good to watch someone else find their way to the guts before trying to disassemble oneself.
“Fix themselves” is always nice but often temporary. I’ve had a version of that since new. Overhauled mine last year. Nice turntable. You might want to clean the sensor bar, under the travel rail, with contact cleaner. That’s what turns off/on and stops at correct location. You likely pushed aside gunk and will have much greater reliability if it’s really clean.
Thanks for this video. Just picked one up. Hoping it works as well as yours. Some cool tech from the era.
Definitely a cool item. Thanks for watching.
I bought one new back in the mid - 80s. Still have it but some years ago when I tried it the tracking carriage was not moving properly.
Watching the action carefully, it looks like the arm is on some kind of horizontal pivot or hinge. As the record tracks drag the cartridge to the left, the arm pivots to follow. Eventually, the position of the arm being pivoted triggers the carriage to move left. Now the arm is pivoted slightly to the right, until it is dragged left again and the process repeats.
Anyway, one of these days I'll try cleaning whatever rail on which the carriage moves, and having read brianshaw373's comment, I guess I'll use Deoxit on the contacts underneath.
Thank you for the info. It's good to watch someone else find their way to the guts before trying to disassemble oneself.
Thanks for this very helpful information. Very interesting how the arm is triggered to move.
Awesome find David, congrats on getting it fully up and running, thanks for sharing, another great video👍🏻.
Thanks Greg!
“Fix themselves” is always nice but often temporary. I’ve had a version of that since new. Overhauled mine last year. Nice turntable. You might want to clean the sensor bar, under the travel rail, with contact cleaner. That’s what turns off/on and stops at correct location. You likely pushed aside gunk and will have much greater reliability if it’s really clean.
Thanks for the advice. And you're right - doing the fix the right way is the way to go.