[Jukebox-list] RE: Rockola 418 carriage moves when playing

[dirksenj at bellsouth.net]

This is good advice. I also would like to add check the fuses and get ready 
to hit the "off" control switch. I once worked on a 1448 where the record 
basket took off when the gripper was over the turntable. It actually scanned 
far enough to reverse direction, thus changing from odd to even sides. 
Because the mechaincal linkage changed sides, when the record ended, the 
gripper went back into carousel backwards. Or at least tried to - it caused 
one hell of a jam up. I don't bother testing the switches anymore - just go 
ahead and buy new ones - even if the old ones test OK, they are 50 years old 
in some cases and are bound to fail soon.

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mechanical Music of S.F." <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] RE: Rockola 418 carriage moves when playing


>
> One bit of advice:  Remove records from Rock Olas when playing with 
> microswitches.
> If your magazine turns when a record is partially in or out, or if the 
> gripper arm is around the magazine and partially closed... you're gonna 
> break some records.
>
> I did some work for a guy who loaded his goofed up Rock Ola with tons off 
> great records, and he wouldn't remove them (didn't want them to get 
> 'damaged'....).
> I told him not to play with it until I returned (and even disabled it by 
> pulling a power plug). Guy decided to tinker with it >>> Gripper arm 
> closed, but not lifted, magazine spun, broke the edges off about 1/2 of 
> the records.
>
> I haven't been back since.  Phone calls and e-mails went unanswered.
>
> Kyle ~
> Mechanical Music of San Francisco
>
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