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Topic: Potts Platter Take-Up Problem

Monte L Fullmer
Film God

Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 12-28-2005 08:34 PM

quote: Patrick Matthews
but it will begin spinning the decks when I put very light tension on it...not enough to unlock the pin, but enough that I have to push my hand up a little bit.

..just wonder if you have a irratic variac, variac brush giving you fits, or just the pivot arm attached to the variac shaft needs to be adjusted more to where when the dancer is locked that the motor takes off for threading.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-29-2005 08:17 AM

quote: Monte L Fullmer
..just wonder if you have a irratic variac, variac brush giving you fits

Of course thats whats wrong..... [Roll Eyes]

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