Nice one, Shuggs - I'm sure you won't regret it
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Nice one, Shuggs - I'm sure you won't regret it
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: Southport, Merseyside
Posts: 157
I'm Nigel.
Hi,
Did you use all the oil supplied? That looks the hardest bit, getting the oil in the bearing.
No - I used less than half until it formed a meniscus at the top around the bearing in the recessed well.
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Location: Southport, Merseyside
Posts: 157
I'm Nigel.
Cheers.
Half is more than enough then. Looks the hardest bit of the installation to me, the gap for the oil to enter is fairly small so I imagine it's quite a slow procedure. My bearing came today, probably leave it until the weekend to fit though.
I should really have said "very much less than half". In reality, it needed a few drops.
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Location: Pendle Witch Country
Posts: 690
I'm Ralph.
Hi Nigel
It really is a straightforward job, when it comes to the oil you don't 'fill' the bearing at all just top it off with a few drops, that's all.
Believe me, if I can manage it in less than an hour then it really is easy, hardest part for me has been re-leveling the deck I swear I've got a dodgy bubble in my spirit level!
Cheers
ps; If you do it tonight and leave it spinning it'll be nicely run in for the weekend, nudge, nudge,,
Last edited by REM; 20-01-2010 at 17:35. Reason: Added winks!
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Location: Southport, Merseyside
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I'm Nigel.
Cheers,
Managed to fit the bearing no problem. Embarrassingly, I failed to notice that the three long screws fixed directly into the plinth & for one head scratching moment couldn't for the life of me fathom out how they could possibly hold the bearing rigidly in place.
If you spin it at 45 RPM does this cut down on the running in time lol.
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Location: Southport, Merseyside
Posts: 157
I'm Nigel.
Have you tried a record clamp / weight yet?
I wondered that! I eventually just left it running at 33rpm for 48 hours. Now sounding very nice indeed.
I use a Bruil record weight, always have since getting the Techie. It adds weight - 'scuse the pun.
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