Rociante
New Member
Just thought I'd share this idea I had, that has worked really well.
I got a Thorens TD150 mk II a while back for a small amount, to take it home and see if it was working. And it is, wonderfully. The only major problem was the tracking weight that was not there, a strangely common problem it seems. Now I didn't have the money to buy a replacement online, but I did have some old coins, with their exact weight specified on their wikipedia page.
Since I did not have any scales, i started to calculate combinations of different coins that had a hole in them, and found that a Danish 5-krona, a Norwegian 1 krona, and a nother Danish 1 (or 2?) krone, combined with some glue and a zip tie, is exactly 17.40 g.
The weights sits very well on the little rod, through semi-careful calibration of the zip tie.
Being a Swede, the Danish and Norwegian currency was already handy, but any combination of holed coins should do (with weight info available online). Or get a Danish friend, and a Norwegian acquaintance and have them mail you some money.
/V
I got a Thorens TD150 mk II a while back for a small amount, to take it home and see if it was working. And it is, wonderfully. The only major problem was the tracking weight that was not there, a strangely common problem it seems. Now I didn't have the money to buy a replacement online, but I did have some old coins, with their exact weight specified on their wikipedia page.
Since I did not have any scales, i started to calculate combinations of different coins that had a hole in them, and found that a Danish 5-krona, a Norwegian 1 krona, and a nother Danish 1 (or 2?) krone, combined with some glue and a zip tie, is exactly 17.40 g.
The weights sits very well on the little rod, through semi-careful calibration of the zip tie.
Being a Swede, the Danish and Norwegian currency was already handy, but any combination of holed coins should do (with weight info available online). Or get a Danish friend, and a Norwegian acquaintance and have them mail you some money.
/V