28 Dec
2012
28 Dec
'12
12:31 a.m.
On Thu, December 27, 2012 9:19 am, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 07:09:51AM -0800, Len Ovens
wrote:
Ya, thats why it was a joke. It seems to me we pointed that out to whoever
told us too. They were tough anyway. It's like the two inch video cart
machines... the magazine never turned 1/2 turn to the required slot, but
got there in time that they could switch from cart to cart every 5
seconds. The first ones could fit two carts in the space of one... but I
could stand on one without damaging it.
The joke was they were good for putting in light
bulbs... someone
could stand on top with a light bulb to the socket and turn the motor on
to screw it in.
Except that it would turn the wrong way...
When I was in broadcasting the turntables were EMT. They had a slip
coupling between the main (heavy) platter and the actual (light) one
supporting the disk. So with the motor turning you could stop / cue
the disk by holding one finger to the rim of the upper platter. When
released it would start 'instantly'...
I saw that done too, but It seems to me it was just the mat slipping. The
method used depended on the operator.
--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net