Andy, do you know what speed the machine was running at? Mine will play (and indeed record) for a clear three minutes, but that is at 120 r.p.m.AmberolaAndy wrote:I also got out my stopwatch app just to see how much it would go on what I think is a a full wind, (What’s the ideal amount of turns while winding these?) and I got 2 minutes and 32 seconds. So just enough to play a full record.
Incidentally, I have found it impossible to make my Q play any faster than 133 r.p.m.; if I try to screw the regulator further out, the top of the vertical arm makes contact with the inner plate of the motor and produces an unpleasant vibration. Of course this machine was certainly designed and probably built before recording speeds began to increase, and so perhaps this is just as it should be; but as we are engaged (in another thread) in collecting data on Qs, it would be interesting to know what range of speeds they can achieve.
Oliver Mundy.