The Black Tulip! I'm not sure I have much luck of finding a 4000/4002/4004, never mind one of those beauties. Interesting that you found white easier to print than black; usually, it's the other way around (I had to buy a special printer in order to be able to print white-on-clear decals for aircraft models). All you'd need to do is glue

[quote user="chartz"] I cleaned the spindle completely with petrol to remove the gunk, and re-oiled it with sewing machine oil, and teflon grease at the bearings and on the guiding fork (you can't see it, it's underneath the carriage). But this operation requires a fairly difficult disassembly of the deck, because you have to pull

@Peter: That is one nice-looking cartridge! How did you reproduce the original-style lettering? Also, how did you mask off the stylus guard area? Anyway, I'll definitely be interested in seeing that review, even if there's little chance of me being able to afford one. @chartz: Thanks for the tip! I'd noticed that switch, but wasn't sure

[quote user="Peter "] The MMC20E tracks at 1.5g. You need to get a MMC20CL really, or find a silver cartridge and get Axel to put a new stylus on for you! [/quote] Good to know. Not quite sure what the MMC20E is tracking at right now, but it sounds pretty darn good doing so! I definitely wouldn't mind finding one of the silver cartridges

[quote user="Peter "] Most resourceful! Definitely worth trying to slide the piece forward - it seems to be set to 0.5g at present. I would suggest trying and would also consider something like a small piece of Blu-Tak under the arm holding the slide in place and also adding a small bit of the weight lost. You will clearly need to use your

Yet another bump... Decided to take a picture of the area underneath the slider. I used a makeup compact mirror so I wouldn't have to remove the tonearm from the assembly (apologies for the crudeness of the image; I can make another attempt at it if necessary). As you may be able to see, there's no sign of the slider, or the screw(s) that used

Another question: Is the unit supposed to switch the speed to 45RPM when cueing up a 10" record? Figured it would've stayed set to 33RPM until it reached the 7" point, but it started playing the EP at 45RPM. Just wondering. -Adam

You are indeed correct; I removed the needle guard, aligned the stylus to land on the SFG-2, and it doesn't even register. I wonder how the seller could've possibly surmised that it worked at all, unless he hadn't run a record on it since the slider fell off (entirely possible; he admitted he'd sold his LP collection off some time ago

The only tracking gauge I have at the moment is a Shure SFG-2 , meant to be placed in the middle of the platter, on top of a record, when it is used. That is why I asked about the possibility of there being a button trick. In any case, I removed the main platter, placed the SFG-2 on the space it'd once occupied, fitted the cartridge with a stylus

Thanks. I'll have to open it up, and take a look around inside the chassis to see if it ended up in there. If you can find a source for a replacement, in case something did break or go missing, I would very much appreciate it. One question I still have is, is there a way to check the tracking force? I tried the old-fashioned method of moving the