Another 1200 being modded

[dimkasta]

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[Another Andy]

Pitch short.jpg
Switch1.jpg
Pitch control shorted and the power switch being used to switch the strobe lamps.

first mods done!

A

[Wakefield Turntables]

CONGRATS!

[RobbieGong]

Good luck Andy and enjoy the ride

[samurasa]

Good to hear yet another Technics is getting the attention they deserve and it it will be nice to read from about your development Andy!

[Another Andy]

I have read a few posts on here where people have used some sort of mastic between the top plate and the middle plate. Now I can see the reason this would make things more solid but Im not ready to do that with my deck yet.

I was wondering about using a sheet of foam sandwiched between the plates. Maybe an acoustic foam. It would fill in the gaps nicely and though it would not give as solid a fill it may be better than nothing??

Anyone have any thoughts on this? I may not do it to my deck just yet as I have a few tweeks left to do first.

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[Wakefield Turntables]

It would have to be pretty thin as the screws which hold the inner metal chassis are only approx10mm long and these fit the plinth and inner metal chassis very closely together it would also have to be something that moulded pretty well. I would also caution on TOO MUCH dampening as it can rob some of the vitality out of the 1210.

[Another Andy]

Tweeks so far!

As allways, Don’t mess about with things you don’t understand, electricity kills, not just mains electricity, a shock from a capacitor can easily stop your heart. If you don’t know what your doing let someone else do it for you!!!

I have managed over the last couple of weeks to get a few things done to my deck. It has been a challenge between playing with the kids and work!

I have removed the transformer and started to make an external PSU as per the thread on here. I have managed to find a Hammond box that everything fits in, including the mains filter.

As you can see the transformer is bolted through its rubber mounts to a sheet of veroboard, I have cut a hole in the board to take the winding and reinforced the veroboard with some soldered wire.
The veroboard still has some flex but it is a lot stronger than before.





The rest of the PSU is on veroboard, not the neatest but works and more importantly it fits in the box.





I love these mains inlet filters, one hole and you get a switch, inlet, both L and N fused and a filter! Saves time and makes a difference.

I have used a shielded mains cable from the 13A plug top to the IEC inlet and used the same cable to the deck. As allways all cables and mains voltage gear has been PAT tested and checked over with a Megger insulation tester.

Im getting a nice voltage out of the PSU




I have also received a special package in the post from j7!!!

So bearing cleaned and oiled and re-seated on an O ring. I have also removed plastic motor cover. The platter now spins a lot more freely, honestly hadn’t realised how thick the old oil was.

J7 has also rewired my arm with cardas 33ga, foam packed the arm, checked the bearings and sorted the external cable! Very impressed with the work done. Compared with the original arm the foam packing has made a lot of difference to the resonance, rather dead sounding now.

So we are nearly back together and ready to run in!

[Tarzan]

[dimkasta]

Nice slippers And socks

Nice job by the way