Rare Bird
09-12-2012, 14:52
Play time.. :eyebrows:
Here's the quickest cheapest yet easiest way to fit a Mayware 'Formula 4' Pick-Up arm to a Goldring/Lenco 'GL75' without disfiguring the original unit, also retaining the original Lift/Lower device..
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod01.jpg
^ All it requires is three lazer cut aluminium washers
1@ 1mm thick x 35mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
1@ 2mm thick x 30mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
1@ 2mm thick x 35mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod03.jpg
^ The 2mm thick x 30mm diameter washer required a flat filing off, this washer is what sits inside the original 'GL75' mounting hole to form the new size mounting hole! As you can see it fit's as snug as a bug.
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod02.jpg
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod05.jpg
^ The 1mm thick x 35mm diameter washer sit over this, bridging the old hole infill (I might have a larger diameter Mayware collor made later on to replace the top washer but this is for now)
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod04.jpg
^ Lastly the 2mm x 35mm washer sits over the cue mech mounting bracket. In goes the Mayware collar, bolted up & bobs your uncle, jobs a good un..
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod06.jpg
All that requires me to do now is clean all the aluminium washers & polish. Looks pretty good already.
Here's the quickest cheapest yet easiest way to fit a Mayware 'Formula 4' Pick-Up arm to a Goldring/Lenco 'GL75' without disfiguring the original unit, also retaining the original Lift/Lower device..
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod01.jpg
^ All it requires is three lazer cut aluminium washers
1@ 1mm thick x 35mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
1@ 2mm thick x 30mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
1@ 2mm thick x 35mm diameter (20.5mm diameter bore)
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod03.jpg
^ The 2mm thick x 30mm diameter washer required a flat filing off, this washer is what sits inside the original 'GL75' mounting hole to form the new size mounting hole! As you can see it fit's as snug as a bug.
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod02.jpg
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod05.jpg
^ The 1mm thick x 35mm diameter washer sit over this, bridging the old hole infill (I might have a larger diameter Mayware collor made later on to replace the top washer but this is for now)
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod04.jpg
^ Lastly the 2mm x 35mm washer sits over the cue mech mounting bracket. In goes the Mayware collar, bolted up & bobs your uncle, jobs a good un..
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/L75Mod06.jpg
All that requires me to do now is clean all the aluminium washers & polish. Looks pretty good already.