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Nothing too exotic, new idler wheel, new idler arm, disassembled and lubed motor, cleaned out bearing well, you should have seen the gunk that came out of the bottom of that - nasty. Re-centered the idler pulley on the motor shaft. I sanded the base and sprayed it with charcoal hammertone.
Kim
Kim
Holst
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I know that table well, it was also sold under the Gates brand. Did you replace the felt on the platter? I have two old brodcast tables that I want to get up and running this summer. I remember there was a spray availible in broadcast cats. to remove the blue and theys sold replacement felt.
What do we do these days?
What do we do these days?
MrIgotNomoney
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That is a beautiful table ! the base is killer, very nice work
bob
That is a beautiful table ! the base is killer, very nice work
bob
danj
modern primitive
We had one of those at the AFRTS radio station I worked at back in 1975. It was sitting in a corner, unused. We used a Rek-O-Cut and, believe it or not, a Dual 1229 for the 12" and smaller records. We sometimes got 16" records and had to use the Rek-O-Cut for those. Most of the equipment at that station was ancient! Why we had the Dual is a story for another day but it worked!
AFRTS is Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. It was commonly called "AFARTS." Twice a week for two hours I played the junk AFRTS required, read news and command bulletins AND played blues - from Louis Jordan and John Lee Hooker to Canned Heat to British Blues (Mayall, Keef Hartley, Clapton, etc.).
AFRTS is Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. It was commonly called "AFARTS." Twice a week for two hours I played the junk AFRTS required, read news and command bulletins AND played blues - from Louis Jordan and John Lee Hooker to Canned Heat to British Blues (Mayall, Keef Hartley, Clapton, etc.).
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