[Phono-L] Diamond disk rebuild

John Sheets John.Sheets at spl.org
Wed Jul 5 11:46:47 PDT 2006


I wonder if list members with lots of DD experience could give me some information?  I am restoring a Chippendale Console Diamond Disk (case needed a new base, lots of delaminated veneer, etc.) and am perplexed by the post that the horn and reproducer turn on.  Specifically, I am not getting the proper distance between the bracket that holds the horn, the finger that slides along the bottom of the motorboard (and is adjustable up and down) and the stud that fits into the bottom socket that the whole thing turns on.  I can adjust all of these, but don't get them to the point where the reproducer sits appropriately on the record surface. Judging from the (rather poor quality) photos in the manuals and in the Frow book, there is maybe 1" between the spring steel finger and the bracket, but I can't set this and still have the lifting lever work to move the reproducer up and down. (Is this understandable?) I can also screw the stud at the bottom in or out, to lengthen the whole post.
I have studied the directions in the DD manual but still can't get the distances correct I am afraid.  Any thoughts? Thanks in advance--
John Sheets




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