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Did anyone else see The Repair Shop last night (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000423z)?
One of the items repaired was a barber's pole. And the motor wasn't working. It turned out to be a turntable motor (I think they said it was a Garrard).
Has anyone else come across and unusual use for a turntable motor
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Sherwood
13-08-2020, 16:24
The repair was good but not authentic. Missing the blue stripe!
walpurgis
13-08-2020, 16:37
Garrard cake display turntable.
https://i.imgur.com/Ghu6ZUK.jpg
Think it used a 301 motor, I used to own one.
brian2957
13-08-2020, 16:42
Did anyone else see The Repair Shop last night (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000423z)?
One of the items repaired was a barber's pole. And the motor wasn't working. It turned out to be a turntable motor (I think they said it was a Garrard).
Has anyone else come across and unusual use for a turntable motor
https://media.tenor.com/images/055edf933916b580b3376d94308c6ccf/tenor.gif
Yes it was a Garrard motor Rob . The guy who repaired it repairs some interesting old valve gear too , including old radios .
Yes it was a Garrard motor Rob . The guy who repaired it repairs some interesting old valve gear too , including old radios .
Thanks for the confirmation Brian
Garrard cake display turntable.
Think it used a 301 motor, I used to own one.
Wow
Beobloke
14-08-2020, 08:09
Yes it was a Garrard motor Rob . The guy who repaired it repairs some interesting old valve gear too , including old radios .
I’m afraid I’m not a fan of this gentleman. In a previous episode, he made a pig’s ear of restoring a radiogram that was continually referred to as a “gramophone”, I suspect because the radio part was never shown working and thus I doubt whether he actually fixed it. During this repair, he plugged the amplifier unit in and tripped the breaker in the Repair Shop, cutting off all power, so clearly made no basic safety checks. He then proceeded to plug it in again afterwards and when the trip didn’t go again, he concluded it was fine!
Even with the turntable on the barber’s pole he joked about whether it would blow the fuses when he plugged it in so he clearly hasn’t learned and is STILL not making any safety checks! He’s allegedly a gramophone expert and this may be the case but he needs to be kept well away from electricity in my opinion. They’ve had a different chap on there that’s done some other valve radio repairs in the past and he is far more competent.
Frankly, as a massive fan of The Repair Shop, I consider him to be out of place amongst all the others, who are all absolutely brilliant – in particular the Steve the clock expert and Will the wood guy.
They stated that the red and white stripes were historically because barbers used to do surgery, and that these colours represented bandages and blood. What would the blue represent?
Sherwood
14-08-2020, 09:41
They stated that the red and white stripes were historically because barbers used to do surgery, and that these colours represented bandages and blood. What would the blue represent?
Venous blood as opposed to arterial blood!
brian2957
14-08-2020, 10:02
I’m afraid I’m not a fan of this gentleman. In a previous episode, he made a pig’s ear of restoring a radiogram that was continually referred to as a “gramophone”, I suspect because the radio part was never shown working and thus I doubt whether he actually fixed it. During this repair, he plugged the amplifier unit in and tripped the breaker in the Repair Shop, cutting off all power, so clearly made no basic safety checks. He then proceeded to plug it in again afterwards and when the trip didn’t go again, he concluded it was fine!
Even with the turntable on the barber’s pole he joked about whether it would blow the fuses when he plugged it in so he clearly hasn’t learned and is STILL not making any safety checks! He’s allegedly a gramophone expert and this may be the case but he needs to be kept well away from electricity in my opinion. They’ve had a different chap on there that’s done some other valve radio repairs in the past and he is far more competent.
Frankly, as a massive fan of The Repair Shop, I consider him to be out of place amongst all the others, who are all absolutely brilliant – in particular the Steve the clock expert and Will the wood guy.
Yup , I'm a massive fan too Adam . Unfortunately I know very little about vintage gear or electronics although I must admit I was a bit concerned when he tripped the breaker and put the workshop into darkness .
The repair was good but not authentic. Missing the blue stripe!
Depends where the pole is displayed. In Europe the colours are predominately red and white, signifying blood and bandages as barbers would also perform surgery. In America the colour blue was used to denote blood letting; and possibly because the the use of the three colours were seen as being patriotic.
Depends where the pole is displayed. In Europe the colours are predominately red and white, signifying blood and bandages as barbers would also perform surgery. In America the colour blue was used to denote blood letting; and possibly because the the use of the three colours were seen as being patriotic.
apparently in Renaissance-era Amsterdam, the surgeons used the colored stripes to indicate that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue)
I like the idea of using blue to signify a five o' clock shadow. :)
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