Torque needed to spin a vinyl cut (Angulo system)

[Ben]

Hey Opcode66,

Are your motor gonna be able to fit with the VR + Sl1200 type of setup?

Are they available?
It's very interesting!!

Cheers
Ben

[ROLANDJAYS]

I have the same problem with torque on my turntable too.I am working around it by using an ac sync motor. And then using pulleys to control the speed. much cheaper and very reliable .

[Ben]

Can you tell me a little bit more about the Ac sync motor.... I'm not familiar with that

Thanks

[ROLANDJAYS]

It's just a sync motor so the speed is accurate, and I get the torque from using pulleys . It's the way all the older record players did it .

[Ben]

Sorry for my non stop questions, I'm just not in the same league that you are yet... I'm a beginner and happened to have bought the Vinyl Recorder.
I have torque problem....but I don't have a clue how to fix this.

When you say Ac sync motor and pulleys... have you built this yourself? is it something I can do?

Thanks a lot.

[ROLANDJAYS]

Well I bought the motor of course , and I made everything else myself. Pulleys, platter spindle. I did buy a bearing though. .
You can buy pulleys but it might be hard to find the right diameter .