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Author Topic: The Panic Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-30-2000 04:38 PM                     Saturday Afternoon (When else!) I'm in my office doing payroll. (Somebody has to.) I get up to start a film. Another one drops. I go thread that one up. I want to be ahead of the game. SNAP! a roller breaks off of the platter (Speco LP270) 'Oh my God! I don't have another roller. It's Saturday, what do I do. If I don't repair it, I lose this auditorium! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!' I have a tap and die kit but I can't get a grip on the spindle. I steal another roller from a platter that has too many and away we go. I still had time to type up this thread. Please excuse me, I need to start a film.  |  IP: Logged Greg Pauley Expert Film Handler Posts: 173 From: Huntington, WV, USA Registered: Jun 2000 posted 09-30-2000 07:45 PM                        Ian I posted a good fix for this problem back on 6/24/2000 under "Speco LP-270 Fix". If you try this modification to the Speco platters you will not have to deal with broken rods in the future. I posted pictures of the mod. in the post. Good Luck!  |  IP: Logged

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