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RojDW48 · 5th Oct 2017, 6:37 pm

This early (possibly experimental) Deccalian has featured here before with much discussion about how to remove the platter. Now Ed Dinning has kindly rewound its set of pick up heads, I am trying to get it going. The idler, as you can see, is pretty much shot. I have tried harvesting from my selection of dead decks but the spindle is too big for any of them at 7/16" diam. Does anyone have such a wheel - or a suggestion as to where I might get it re-rubbered?

5th Oct 2017, 6:37 pm	#1
RojDW48 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 2,074	Idler wheel for Decca RP from the dawn of 33rpm This early (possibly experimental) Deccalian has featured here before with much discussion about how to remove the platter. Now Ed Dinning has kindly rewound its set of pick up heads, I am trying to get it going. The idler, as you can see, is pretty much shot. I have tried harvesting from my selection of dead decks but the spindle is too big for any of them at 7/16" diam. Does anyone have such a wheel - or a suggestion as to where I might get it re-rubbered? Attached Thumbnails __________________ '....don't go mistaking Paradise for that home across the road!' (Bob Dylan)