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by Topper
Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Fairchild 740 Belts
Replies: 9
Views: 3801

Re: Fairchild 740 Belts

By oblivious I mean to the relationship of thickness to speed and blissfully not realizing if I'm running slow or fast. I'm committed to working this out. I haven't contacted Hamilton but will. Just about every search I've done for the 740 through the years includes them but I haven't asked about a ...
by Topper
Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Fairchild 740 Belts
Replies: 9
Views: 3801

Re: Fairchild 740 Belts

I do understand the math and the interactions. It would be a lot simpler just to be oblivious but it's way too late for that. My mention of "stretch" there is that they're suggesting a belt that's almost a foot too short and the wrong everything else, too. The challenge is finding the correct thickn...
by Topper
Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Fairchild 740 Belts
Replies: 9
Views: 3801

Re: Fairchild 740 Belts

For the general interest and to document this here... The picture of the LP tunes belt looks fine but it's generic and not at all what the supply. And LP tunes is the same operation as Alexatelier so that is a dead end as well. The Turntable Basics site lists a 35.1 belt for the 740 which isn't corr...
by Topper
Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Fairchild 740 Belts
Replies: 9
Views: 3801

Re: Fairchild 740 Belts

Oh that it was that simple. I wasted my money buying two of these a while back and they were way too thin and way too narrow and immediately ran afoul of the speed change. It was pretty obvious that they had never come close to the real thing. If you actually have a 740 and more recent experience wi...
by Topper
Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Fairchild 740 Belts
Replies: 9
Views: 3801

Fairchild 740 Belts

Hello everyone, I'm new here in a way but have been a member for a while now and, yes, I do give financial support so I'm not just a drive-by. Up front I'll say that I'm a fellow traveler as an "audio guy", not cutting now, though I have at times. Specifically I run Fairchild 750 tables for playback...