What am I doing wrong with my Edison rebuild?

[adaytoolong]

I have been trying to bring a Triumph D2 back to life. I replaced the swollen bearing and belt and it is turning smoothly. My new challenge seems to be that the stylus on is touching the record even in the up position. I can't seem to adjust it to do otherwise. What am I missing here? I appreciate any help you can offer.

[Jerry B.]

The carriage on a Triumph is actually independent from the tube and half nut. I suspect you need to loosen the screw and move the carriage away from the mandrel. Let us know if that works.

Jerry B.

[JerryVan]

Ken,

The problem is most likely within the reproducer itself. What reproducer are you using and can you post some photos of it, especially showing the condition you describe?

[adaytoolong]

Thank you both for the insight. I had already tried moving the carriage and that didn't work. JerryVan gave me something I hadn't thought about. When I took a closer look, I noticed that the limit loop screw was a bit loose on the reproducer. Because it was also a bit bent (probably from being loose which the previous owner didn't notice), it caused the stylus to angle down. A bit of straightening and tightening when I just rebuilt the reproducer appears to have solved the problem.

Now on to the next issue. How many times can I safety wind this thing? I wound the massive motor all the way down so I could clean things up but I don't want to break a spring winding it back up. Thus far, I can just barely make it through one 4 minute cylinder with my wind. Thanks.

[Lucius1958]

Thank you both for the insight. I had already tried moving the carriage and that didn't work. JerryVan gave me something I hadn't thought about. When I took a closer look, I noticed that the limit loop screw was a bit loose on the reproducer. Because it was also a bit bent (probably from being loose which the previous owner didn't notice), it caused the stylus to angle down. A bit of straightening and tightening when I just rebuilt the reproducer appears to have solved the problem.

Now on to the next issue. How many times can I safety wind this thing? I wound the massive motor all the way down so I could clean things up but I don't want to break a spring winding it back up. Thus far, I can just barely make it through one 4 minute cylinder with my wind. Thanks.

With my Model A, I've managed to get about 90 turns out of it.

-Bill