new project. doesnt work. i will make it work
lmao the caps in the machine dont have the scored tops and mostof them are cracked down the side. def needs a good recapping. belts too and it should run. a good clean and relubing and itll become a nice lil guy to play with
holy fuck it actually works. it had the same fucking issue as my cassette player. a lever just got knocked past its range and needed to be reset in its proper place. holy fuck lmao . SAME FUCKING ISSUE. AMAZING. NO NOTICEABLE WOW AND FLUTTER EITHER. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. FUCKIN NOTHING BUT Ws FOR SIERRA TODAY
will still need to be recapped etc but holy fuck lmao. lucked the FUCK OUT. TWICE. IN THE EXACT SAME WAY
if ur wondering whats on the tape. currently listening to Dixieland
found an ad for this in popular mechanics 1968 issue 10. said it cost $230 USD. thats $2017 today. i got it for 30 bucks, which would be about 3.50 in 1968
its the Wollensak 3M 6300. my respirator is the 3M 6300. fun lil coincidence that is making it hard to find info on the thing lol
this model came out a few years before wollensak shuttered and you can kinda tell. their other reel to reel players are (from what i can tell) real reliable hefty bois with strong all metal construction and feel like theyre built to last. this guy is almost entirely plastic. seems sturdy enough, the shitty plastic handle is still there after however many years, but this is definitely not what i think of when i think of solidly built equipment from the late 60s. this feels like a Budget Model With A Neat Gimmick In The Mechanism They Could Use To Sell It. the gimmick is it has a clutch. it has a friction disc mounted a worm gear spindle thing and it presses against a disc on either side of it depending on how its spinning. havent really been able to figure out why it does that just from the ad text, and i dont want to turn it on and figure it out rn. people are asleep and its loud as hell when its running. tomorrow
side note: i kinda wanna build a new case for the mechanism. ditch the plastic casing and build a sturdier one out of wood. the plastics all sticky and ugly and i fucking hate the fake wood look. i could do better
