vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 1210

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 50759Unread post emidisc
Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:27 pm

Anyone got details of the external motor & controller please

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 50768Unread post David34
Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:07 pm

Souri never told me to NOT have the Technics motor running at all.

This post has confused me a bit as I run the technics motor AND Souri motor together at same time?

Should I not be doing this? My cuts are fine and I figure that a Technics 1210 gets cut and scratched up by Dj's and can handle that? So why cant it handle a motor pulling it a bit faster??

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 50996Unread post Hedelain
Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:30 pm

So here is a video of what happens. The variation in speed is both visible and audible. The sound is from the monitor.

Both the external motor and the 1210 motor is running here - adjusted just like the manual.

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 50998Unread post Gus
Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:55 pm

Platter wobbles...

read here
http://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6594&p=42922&hilit=vinyl+recorder+technics&sid=16468bab80dadff1e522c888762bde8a#p42922


http://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6594&p=42922&hilit=vinyl+recorder+technics&sid=16468bab80dadff1e522c888762bde8a#p42922
Hedelain wrote:So here is a video of what happens. The variation in speed is both visible and audible. The sound is from the monitor.

Both the external motor and the 1210 motor is running here - adjusted just like the manual.

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 50999Unread post Hedelain
Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:37 pm

Thanks. I will be looking for a new bearing then to see if that helps.

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51018Unread post Ben
Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:25 am

I'd follow SueDenim if I was you,
When I received my brand new motor, all the pins were all unsoldered inside the box ... maybe shipping... maybe a bad soldering job... I don't know.

I also changed the spindle and for me it worked... It was making it flutter a little even with the motor

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51048Unread post Hedelain
Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:49 pm

Ben wrote:I'd follow SueDenim if I was you,
When I received my brand new motor, all the pins were all unsoldered inside the box ... maybe shipping... maybe a bad soldering job... I don't know.

I also changed the spindle and for me it worked... It was making it flutter a little even with the motor
Thanks. I hear what you are saying and will open the box at some point, but for now it seems to be related to the 1210, as the problems where also there before. I seem to be able to set the correct speed now - maybe I have just massaged it enough to work. My main problem now is the flutter, and as you can see in the video below the dots, the platter is moving slightly up and down, which correlates to the speed variations.

I replaced the bearing with a new and modified one, and even added wax below. This seems to have improved stability a bit, but not enough. I guess my next step is replacing the platter.

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51049Unread post Gus
Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:02 pm

Hedelain wrote:
Ben wrote:I'd follow SueDenim if I was you,
When I received my brand new motor, all the pins were all unsoldered inside the box ... maybe shipping... maybe a bad soldering job... I don't know.

I also changed the spindle and for me it worked... It was making it flutter a little even with the motor
Thanks. I hear what you are saying and will open the box at some point, but for now it seems to be related to the 1210, as the problems where also there before. I seem to be able to set the correct speed now - maybe I have just massaged it enough to work. My main problem now is the flutter, and as you can see in the video below the dots, the platter is moving slightly up and down, which correlates to the speed variations.

I replaced the bearing with a new and modified one, and even added wax below. This seems to have improved stability a bit, but not enough. I guess my next step is replacing the platter.
:wink:

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51050Unread post Hedelain
Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:55 am

Gus wrote:
:wink:
Thanks. This was one of the guides I was following. And while it did help a bit, it did not completely eliminate the speed variations. A new platter is on the way in the mail for me.

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51137Unread post Hedelain
Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:50 pm

Solution found:

A new bearing and a new platter seemed to do the job. My RPM app on the phone measures 0.11% wow and flutter, and it is not really noticable when the music is playing.

Thanks for your help everyone!

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Re: vinyl recorder t-560 external motor calibration with 121

Post: # 51185Unread post Ben
Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:32 pm

Amazing man!!
There's such a great feeling when this freaking machine is working!!

have fun!!

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