Unknown Turntable belt size - how to determine?
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From: Franc Zabkar on 5 Jun 2010 05:57 On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:38:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> put finger to keyboard and composed: >Instead of string, which does stretch, you might try a strip of paper. > >Which reminds me of an old turntable I used to have. As a kid in Tucson, >not quite 20, I found a used turntable in a junk shop there. Cheap, >because it had no belt. Took it home, and being the resourceful lad I >was, I made a belt out of paper, the ends glued together with white >glue. Worked great! No problems with wow & flutter or rumble. The paper >belts lasted maybe a month or so before breaking. The bulb-shaped motor >pulley kept the belt tracking true. I've heard that you can use a nylon stocking as a replacement fan belt .... - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
From: N_Cook on 5 Jun 2010 06:15 Franc Zabkar <fzabkar(a)iinternode.on.net> wrote in message news:5p7k06dmscb5nvm2ej8g9ij8e6ca109m6r(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:38:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl > <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> put finger to keyboard and composed: > > >Instead of string, which does stretch, you might try a strip of paper. > > > >Which reminds me of an old turntable I used to have. As a kid in Tucson, > >not quite 20, I found a used turntable in a junk shop there. Cheap, > >because it had no belt. Took it home, and being the resourceful lad I > >was, I made a belt out of paper, the ends glued together with white > >glue. Worked great! No problems with wow & flutter or rumble. The paper > >belts lasted maybe a month or so before breaking. The bulb-shaped motor > >pulley kept the belt tracking true. > > I've heard that you can use a nylon stocking as a replacement fan belt > ... > > - Franc Zabkar > -- > Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. I'd like to know if they make good anti-tank weapons. Knowing they are the bane of the life of drott and dozer drivers operating on council landfill dumps. Getting into the track drive they stall the engine. I imagine masses of tights and stockings fired into tank caterpillar drives would do the same.
From: Franc Zabkar on 5 Jun 2010 06:42 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:15:28 +0100, "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed: >Franc Zabkar <fzabkar(a)iinternode.on.net> wrote in message >news:5p7k06dmscb5nvm2ej8g9ij8e6ca109m6r(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:38:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl >> <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> put finger to keyboard and composed: >> >> >Instead of string, which does stretch, you might try a strip of paper. >> > >> >Which reminds me of an old turntable I used to have. As a kid in Tucson, >> >not quite 20, I found a used turntable in a junk shop there. Cheap, >> >because it had no belt. Took it home, and being the resourceful lad I >> >was, I made a belt out of paper, the ends glued together with white >> >glue. Worked great! No problems with wow & flutter or rumble. The paper >> >belts lasted maybe a month or so before breaking. The bulb-shaped motor >> >pulley kept the belt tracking true. >> >> I've heard that you can use a nylon stocking as a replacement fan belt >> ... >I'd like to know if they make good anti-tank weapons. Knowing they are the >bane of the life of drott and dozer drivers operating on council landfill >dumps. Getting into the track drive they stall the engine. I imagine masses >of tights and stockings fired into tank caterpillar drives would do the >same. I reckon soldiers in tights and stockings would stop a tank commander in his tracks. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 5 Jun 2010 11:50 Franc Zabkar wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:15:28 +0100, "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> put > finger to keyboard and composed: > > >Franc Zabkar <fzabkar(a)iinternode.on.net> wrote in message > >news:5p7k06dmscb5nvm2ej8g9ij8e6ca109m6r(a)4ax.com... > >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:38:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl > >> <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> put finger to keyboard and composed: > >> > >> >Instead of string, which does stretch, you might try a strip of paper. > >> > > >> >Which reminds me of an old turntable I used to have. As a kid in Tucson, > >> >not quite 20, I found a used turntable in a junk shop there. Cheap, > >> >because it had no belt. Took it home, and being the resourceful lad I > >> >was, I made a belt out of paper, the ends glued together with white > >> >glue. Worked great! No problems with wow & flutter or rumble. The paper > >> >belts lasted maybe a month or so before breaking. The bulb-shaped motor > >> >pulley kept the belt tracking true. > >> > >> I've heard that you can use a nylon stocking as a replacement fan belt > >> ... > > >I'd like to know if they make good anti-tank weapons. Knowing they are the > >bane of the life of drott and dozer drivers operating on council landfill > >dumps. Getting into the track drive they stall the engine. I imagine masses > >of tights and stockings fired into tank caterpillar drives would do the > >same. > > I reckon soldiers in tights and stockings would stop a tank commander > in his tracks. I've met WACs like that. ;-) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Bob Villa on 6 Jun 2010 09:23 On Jun 3, 3:08 pm, Jim Yanik <jya...(a)abuse.gov> wrote: > zekfr...(a)zekfrivolous.com (GregS) wrote innews:hu91s4$j52$1(a)usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu: > > > > > In article <O9idnSsjYas_aprRnZ2dnUVZ_qCdn...(a)mchsi.com>, "William R. > > Walsh" <newsgrou...(a)idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com> wrote: > >>Hello all... > > >>I recently dug up an old JC Penney MCS 2230 integrated stereo, and I'd > >>like to get the turntable going again. (Despite the source, it's a > >>pretty nice stereo system...the radio tuner works well, it seems to > >>have about a 40Wx2 output power rating (which seems reasonable, having > >>looked at the internals), the cassette deck is a partial logic design > >>with the ability to skip ahead 1, 2 or 3 songs and the turntable > >>itself is a linear tracking type.) > > >>Anyway, before I stored it, the turntable was in need of a new belt. I > >>set the belt aside and now it seems to be gone. I could have sworn > >>that I read about how to determine an unknown belt size in the FAQ, > >>but I could not find it just now. As best I remember, a string was > >>used and placed around all the components driven by the belt, after > >>which a measurement was taken. > > > A turntable belt has a lot of stretch to it. > > > You could do a Google search and find the belt like I > > did.............. > >http://www.vintage-electronics.cc/Pennys,_JC_(MCS).html > > OK,then after that,WHERE do you buy a new belt? > the store where I used to buy them locally has gone away. :-( > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > localnet > dot com "O-rings" come in varied width and circ...that may work?
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