Classic Hifi Care

Necessity being the mother of invention. Nice job!

Nice job, Chris and a great invention to hold the tone arm.

Bill

Neat holder... those tone arms weight a ton

hermitcrab wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:44 pm Neat holder... those tone arms weight a ton

This one is shorter and only half a ton.

Chris Campbell

Chris,

Have you seen this on eBay?!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165979747815?m ... media=COPY

Wow, way better than mine! Re-flocked turntable! Great finish! And cheap!! But mine does have a bit of nostalgic value.

Chris Campbell

...plus, you did yours yourself. You put a bit of yourself into the project. That's what makes it special....

My sister mentioned playing records on this little device the other day, so when I came downstate in Friday I brought it along, with the collection of 7 " 78 rpm kiddie records so she could experience it again. She did a little video. One of the records had an address sticker for my 2nd-younger brother, probably from taking the little disc to school for some reason.That's what I'm playing in the video. It seems that all 4 of us kids had our first exposure to playing recordings on this GE, bought used.

The phono's crystal cartridge is getting weak--output is limited. At least it's not distorting. Maybe I should check for resistor drift too.

See if this link works.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/N4hBU84mDVCMyXoX6

Driving down and thinking about playing records as a kid, I remembered that my favorite record in the bunch was "The Sailor's Hornpipe." It was predictive--sailing had been a big part of my life for the last 60 years.

Chris Campbell