Oh frabjous day! I fixed my turntable today.

[trackfan]

It had been on the fritz for a couple months. I fiddled with it, and finally managed to fix it wizard-of-oz-wise, using an oil can. Here are some of the albums we played tonight in drunken celebration:

Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream and Other Delights
ELO - A New World Record
Best of Petula Clark
20 hits of The Mama's and the Papas
Queen - Jazz
The Cars
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
A Trini Lopez live album
and, perhaps the queen of my vinyl collection
The Beatles - A Hard Days Night (United Artists)

[SeattleGirl]

1. Heebus, TWO of you with turntables????

Damn! I wonder if I could find someone to fix mine. x(

[trackfan]

3. I just saw the other one!

Hadn't noticed it until I posted mine.

[mr blur]

7. Make that three!

Never been without one. CDs? Shiny coasters.

[grasswire]

2. what was wrong with it?

I have one that won't revolve. I have the original Going Quackers and Partners LPs that haven't been played for a long, long time.

[trackfan]

4. While I can't say for 100% sure,

it seems the post on which the turtable rotated had become gummed up. I removed the center thing, down which the records slide, thus leaving a hole. I noticed there was a clip holding the turntable down, and pried it off. Then I removed the whole turntable by pulling it straight up. The "spindle" on which it rested, and the portion of the turntable that nested over that, were both gummy. So I cleaned them off, then applied motor oil from my oil can. I re-assembled the unit, and it worked!

[Nicole]

5. I love my turntable.

I listened to that Fleetwood Mac, among others, on mine yesterday. :headbang

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. April 15

National Fix Your Turntable Day.

:toast:

:bounce:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. My old record changer croaked

It would turn for a while, then slow down and stop for no reason. I got a new (to me) turntable at a garage sale for $5, and it works great. I've been playing the old vinyl and recording them to CD (and then to Ipod).

It's funny to hear the clicks and pops of well-worn vinyl coming from an ipod.