On Thu, December 27, 2012 9:19 am, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 07:09:51AM -0800, Len Ovens wrote: > >> 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... 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. > > 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
