[78-L] Convert a belt drive turntable to play 78's

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Nov 24 20:00:22 PST 2011


Where's that set of instructions in MAD magazine that advised you to steal your 
wife's lazy susan, hammer a nail into the middle, place it and a dog and a cat 
on a conveyor belt, and harness the dog's tooth to play your records?

dl

On 11/24/2011 10:54 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> Has anyone been able to successfully convert a 33/45 RPM belt drive
> turntable to play 78's? It looks simple enough. One would need to slip a
> larger pulley on the spindle, just over the thin end. Then you could
> have 45/78 RPM. How would I calculate the proper diameter? Machine a
> drum with a lock screw on it?
>



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