Straightening a Dual 1229Q tone arm

[Dabbler]

Nice work! I managed to get a Rega 2 during the height of the CD craze, when everyone was dumping their turntables. The Lynn arm was slightly damaged, so the shop gave me a *new* one on (the lifetime) warranty. It seems to deliver very nice sound.

 

[silence dogood]

Sounds interesting, but I've never done that before. I'll stick to what I know.This isn't a place for me to learn a new technique....

That's okay. Do what works for you. In the late 1970's I worked for a repair and retailer for consumer electronics outfit. I repaired many turntables and record players at that time. The most interesting turntable that I worked on was a VM model 1700(?). It could play several records. Instead of dropping each record by gravity, it would let each record come down slowing and gently. VM used small ball bearings in a slitted tube with a lever. Wish I had a picture, it would make it easier to explain. Enough rambling, I'm impressed of what you have done. Turntables are not the easiest things to work on. Mark

 

[whitmore]

Yeah, there was no getting away from them. Each board had anywhere from 2 to 4 tags, But always no less than two....and it's not "easy peel" stuff either. Comes off in multiple ripped pieces and leaves a sticky residue.

Sometimes the best way to remove the sticky is with an eraser; solvents can drive it deeper into the wood,
but an Eberhard Faber plastic eraser lifts it away.

I also recommend a cabinet scraper - just a scrap of mild steel, the edge carefully filed square, with a burr
raised with a hard steel (or carbide) rod. A few passes will take off the top milli-inch or three of wood, and
anything stuck to it. stumpynubs video