[Jukebox-list] 1958 United (Was: Done reading "The juke boxandme")

[dirksenj at bellsouth.net]

My Airliner did the same thing. On my machine, it was caused by too little 
clearance between the turntable platter and the far side record retaning 
bracket - the record would get 'pinched' between them and not advance all 
the way. I ended up slotting the bracket mounting holes to get a little more 
clearance.

The operator I talked to called it a "Barely-on" as it was always broken 
down. "Scarey-on" is another nickname I've heard. I called it much worse 
names, chiefly "POS". "FPOS" would fit just fine, and the "F" doesn't stand 
for "friendly" this time :).

Jim
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> The Fiesta I once had had a little lever that 'kicked" the 
> vertically-standing disk out onto the turntable, then the turntable would 
> pivot to the horizontal position where the tone arm wold move over. If the 
> reocrd wasn't kicked out all the way and became stuck halfway in the rack, 
> the rotating turntable would snap the record in half.
>
> In a message dated 8/23/2006 6:53:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Jens 
> Hultgren" <drjukebox at gmail.com> writes:
>
>>A rack with records standing like in an AMI A. Rack moves when selection 
>>is
>>made, arm takes out record and it is placed in a ring, that lays it down 
>>on
>>the turntable and then it is played horisontally. 24 records, plays one 
>>side
>>only.
>>Not much too it, but timing is critical when the record is taken out and
>>laid down. The same problem with the Packards - if they aren't lubed and
>>running smooth, a record will jam and then you'll have shards and chips 
>>all
>>over the place. I have found several Manhattans with a layer of black dust
>>and chips on the bottom of the cabinet.
>>I've heard that on the Aireons the base plate wasn't strong enough and
>>could sag. Never found this problem myself. Actually, never had a problem
>>with running an Aireon.
>>When a machine gets a bad rap, it sticks.
>>
>> Jens
>>
>>
>>On 8/24/06, David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Jens Hultgren <drjukebox at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Yes absolutely - if you have ten or more machines on a route, it is
>>> > critical
>>> > and there are other aspects of the Aireon that must've made it very
>>> > unattractive to operate compared to a M100A.
>>>
>>> What kind of mechanism did the Aireon machines have?
>>> I've tried to find a picture of the inside of one on
>>> the web and have come up empty.
>>>
>>>
>>> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
>>>
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