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I just serviced a VV-50 for the Winterthur museum in Delaware today, so things are fresh in my memory.jboger wrote:Curt, looks like a very nice machine. And it makes me think twice about refinishing the exterior of mine, which is rather dark and alligatored.
I have a couple of technical questions. I won't be able to get around to putting a mainspring in for a couple of weeks. But for the meantime, my problem is how to take the turntable off. Not sure whether it is stuck--a problem I can handle--or whether the turntable is fastened to the spindle in some other way. I see a slot, like for a screwdriver, in the spindle (is that the right word?). Am I supposed to unscrew something in order to remove the turntable? My other Victor models don't have this slot, but then they're not portable models. Maybe the VV-50 was designed so that the turntable somehow screwed on so it wouldn't come off in transport? if that's correct, which way do I turn the screwdriver to remove the turntable? I did try light force already, but I don't want to apply anymore force until I'm clear how to proceed. I hope one of the experts out there can shed some light on my problem.
In any case, the horn is attached to the motorboard with three screws. Two are visible in the back and easy to get at. The third is under the turntable. I want to remove the horn before I tackle the motor. I see everything there, including the governor and it's weights, and I think I feel the broken mainspring slipping when I turn the crank. I think the mainspring may be broken close to one end. If I'm lucky, all I may need to do is make a new hole and reattach the mainspring to the barrel. But I won't know that until I see the mainspring, and I won't see the mainspring until I remove the motor, and I won't remove the motor until I take the horn off--all of which requires getting that darn turntable off. (For want of the nail, the shoe was lost . . .)
I'm new to the forum. I hope I'm not a pest by asking all these questions from people who learned things the hard way. Knowledge is hard earned and comes with a price. I know.
The spring on this did not have holes, but was bent at both ends like a hook. If only the end broke off that should be easy to re-create. You will be surprised, these small machines out out quite a volume.