Oil for Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace
- Thread starter ellamoo
- Start date
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Think my Dais platter is around 23 kg. If I remember correctly, the bearing is simply a chunk or metal resting/revolving in a scooped-out chunk of metal. No stress? Well. oil be damned ! Am embarking on weight-lifting exercises in preparation for lifting the platter on mine; it was a struggle when I was fitter and younger.
Asked my local librarian the other day, where I could find books on lubrication. " Over there in the non-friction section. sir", he answered.
Darren L
Egalitarian
Have you no one local who could give you a hand with the platter ? @Mike Reed
Martyn Miles
pfm Member
If a platter is as heavy as that then there will be stresses.
Mind you, 23kg seems excessive.
Possibly why Rega recommended Singer oil then.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
No, that'd be the non fuction section.
Yes, I have the local hifi mafia to call on if essential, but I only use it once a week and eventually will get round to changing cart's (sth I've been putting off for years) and bearing maintenance at the same time. Every time the needle drops into the groove, I say "ahhhhh" and postpone any thoughts of fettling.
Darren L
Egalitarian
The bearing is obviously designed to cope with the mass of the platter & mat, it's quite a bit bigger than your average bear(ing)
Certainly is. Tom Fletcher was no dope, all the bearings he designed go on for ever. I've never seen a worn one.
I have a customer with a Dais he bought some 25 years agp. He has it running 24/7, except for every two years when he lubricates it and it looks and sounds as good as ever.
I have a customer with a Dais he bought some 25 years agp. He has it running 24/7, except for every two years when he lubricates it and it looks and sounds as good as ever.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Sounds like the 24/7 Naim protocol of old. Wonder why he does that, unless he's playing records 24/7 and doesn't need sleep. This'd put a different aspect onto styli longevity though.
He does it because he does play a lot of records but mainly because Tom Fletcher had all his turntables running 24/7.Sounds like the 24/7 Naim protocol of old. Wonder why he does that, unless he's playing records 24/7 and doesn't need sleep. This'd put a different aspect onto styli longevity though.
ellamoo
pfm Member
Very kind but now sorted
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
Nicely spotted. Made me chortle That Mike Reed is a bugger!I clicked on this thread from the homepage expecting a somewhat different topic of discussion...
...I'll get me coat!
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Probably guilty as charged, but can't say I understand this, ToTo Man, although those figures just don't make sense (over a million?????).
Well, I'm always pleased to amuse, but this one's passed my humour receptors by. Humour me !
ellamoo
pfm Member
Very kind but bought some from NA - I am on the North Norfolk coast!If you’re anywhere near J16 of the M4 I can pop over with some NA oil
Î
If you have a little to spare and the price is sensible I would be interested in trying this oil
