Cnation
12-31-2007, 01:21 PM
This christmas I have received a beautiful new belt-driven turntable. I was overjoyed to have a replacement for my old record player (which is very old, and it's job is mainly just to look cool).
It's one of those deals where apparently the manufacture ships them out semi-assembled, and the warehouse or store or wherever "completes" the assembly. Well, they did a lovely job of assembling the final parts. When I opened the box, the belt was *hanging* out from between the turntable and the base, as if someone attempted to mount it, only to decide it wasn't worth their time, and just slapped the turntable on top. On top of that, the 45 adapter it claimed was included was not in the box (why?!).
So, my holiday request of you all: how the hell do I mount a belt on a turntable? I think I've got a general idea of how it needs to be done, I'm assuming it needs to be touching the roller and the center spindle to make the turntable operate. Every time I try to get that idea going, something fucks up. I'm afraid to attempt more trail-and-error procedures, as I'll probably end up ripping the belt to pieces in a fit of rage. Then i'll have to put even more work into getting this godforsaken thing to work.
P.S. Happy New Year!
It's one of those deals where apparently the manufacture ships them out semi-assembled, and the warehouse or store or wherever "completes" the assembly. Well, they did a lovely job of assembling the final parts. When I opened the box, the belt was *hanging* out from between the turntable and the base, as if someone attempted to mount it, only to decide it wasn't worth their time, and just slapped the turntable on top. On top of that, the 45 adapter it claimed was included was not in the box (why?!).
So, my holiday request of you all: how the hell do I mount a belt on a turntable? I think I've got a general idea of how it needs to be done, I'm assuming it needs to be touching the roller and the center spindle to make the turntable operate. Every time I try to get that idea going, something fucks up. I'm afraid to attempt more trail-and-error procedures, as I'll probably end up ripping the belt to pieces in a fit of rage. Then i'll have to put even more work into getting this godforsaken thing to work.
P.S. Happy New Year!