RE: Re[2]: arsclist 78 cleaning machines.

["Susan Harvey" <sharvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,  This is exactly what I've been doing, however tightening the screws
has worn deep grooves up and down the spindle at the various levels I've had
to position the turntable.  The number of records we could clean between
fixes was steadily decreasing (ours started out at about 50 as well.)  I
have found it very cumbersome and time consuming, not to mention the
frustration-especially when we are trying to work our way through a fairly
large collection of discs.   Interestingly, when I was receiving my
instructions on how to do this, both vendors referred to tightening the
screw (singular)-my model had two screws, one on each side of the shaft
(double time to fix).  When I received the replacement motor, the spindle
sprocket had only one screw.   Susan


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Jerry Fabris [mailto:Jerry_Fabris@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:57 AM
To:	ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Susan Harvey
Subject:	Re[2]: arsclist 78 cleaning machines.

 << File: RFC822 message headers.txt >>     Susan Harvey wrote:

     >> have recently had to replace the motor -
     >> for an additional cost of $380-because the
     >> turntable would not stay attached to
     >> the record spindle.


     I work with an "Archivist" Monks machine, purchased about two years
     ago.

     I also have a problem with the turntable not staying attached to the
     spindle after a period of time -- maybe 50 records or so. However, I
     haven't replaced the motor.  My solution has been this:  I remove the
     black surface pad from the turntable, unscrew the flat metal ring that
     holds the turntable to the black plastic spindle part, then tighten
     the two "allen-key" screws located at the base of the spindle part.
     It's a cumbersome and time consuming process, but fixes the problem
     for a period of time.

     Otherwise the machine has been fine.

     -Jerry Fabris
     Edison NHS, West Orange, NJ