is your 1210/1200 lacking torque?

this is a video showing a couple of ways in which you can inprove the amount of torque on your technics 1200/1210 turntable.

MAKE SHURE YOU UNPLUG THE TURNTABLE FROM THE MAINS BOFORE ATEMPTING ANYTHING INSIDE.


WARNINGS: do not use any fluids to clean ant part of the motor assembaly.

do not use copper grease on the sleeve bearing.

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[86Ivar]

that is not brushes you retard.

[viperfrank]

@86Ivar i didn't say they were actually brushes i know induction motors don't have brushes, i had trouble trying to explain it SIMPLE so any one can understand and i didn't explain it very well i understand that and if you can do a better job there is a little link there that says " video response" but try and use only your content or youtube may remove it.

if your going to leave comments like that make sure you have a better video to back it up with, just some friendly advice...

[0mistaja]

hi this was a great help! i just bought secondhand 1210's an i was just wondering do u have any tips to get the dots on the platters clean... it doesn't affect anyway to my mixes but i like the dots clean n' shiny... lol...

[viperfrank]

hi sorry i took so long to reply been very busy lately, theirs a few ways you can clean the platter depending on how dirty your platter is depends on how harsh the cleaning method to start with take the platter off and try a damp scouring pad that was enough for my old 1200 if not try using some soap if not try some very mild metal polish, normally the scouring pad is enough but what ever method make sure you let the platter dry thoroughly before you put it back thanks for comment.

nice one!!

[niru1985]

Awesome video mate!!! You make great tutorials. I just have one question. What type of grease/oil do you use?

[viperfrank]

HI niru1985 thanks for the positive comment, as for your question for grease you could use low melt grease or sometimes known as general purpose grease just not copper grease or lithium grease, if you can get hold of some castrol LM grease - that's what i use. for oil you could use 3 in 1 oil or cooking oil like sunflower or vegetable oil, hope this helped thanks again for the comment.

nice one!!

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

I like how those SL-1200s are made to be easily serviced. 5 stars!

[CrisVangel]

Hey I have 2 1200's from like 30 years ago.. never been oiled. One of them just about every revolution of the platter at one point it slows down (every so many seconds).. which obviously wrecks havoc when I'm trying to mix. I've no idea what it needs, maybe some oil.. if you have any thoughts on what my problem may be I'd really appreciate it! Thanks for the great video!!

[IcantDOanythingMAN]

hi, I gor a problem with my turntable, got the top off like the, um,, thingy :) underneath the lp itslef and i'm at the radars-wheels and I got some sort off elastic thing off and I don't now how to but it back it's an AKAI idunno, but it's pretty new.

I hope you can get some sence out off this shitty comment :P

[djlimit48]

would a mk2 or mk5 board fit in m3d technics deck

[Rowan12]

Good Vid mate

[djdougedoug1]

awesome job, i have been experiencing kinda like the same problem, i watched your video about changing the pitch control, i was successful but i still have a issue with my 12's whereby if i play it for about a half hour it loses its pitch and doesnt pick up the pitch, i use serato, so if say the bpm of a record is 90 and i put it on plus 8 it gives me a 92 bpm so its very frustrating. any ideas on what this could be? i already put in a new pitch. thnx for your help the videos are very helpful

[djdougedoug1]

awesome job, i have been experiencing kinda like the same problem, i watched your video about changing the pitch control, i was successful but i still have a issue with my 12's whereby if i play it for about a half hour it loses its pitch and doesnt pick up the pitch, i use serato, so if say the bpm of a record is 90 and i put it on plus 8 it gives me a 92 bpm so its very frustrating. any ideas on what this could be? i already put in a new pitch. thnx for your help the videos are outstanding.

[priyonjoni]

I have an SL-1200 that is black, not a 1210.....both numbers are available in each other's color

[Blinkwing]

LOL, i have a turntable (a Dual 704), which is a real bugger inside. All micro-mechanics are hard to understand, and i got bad luck to break the mechanism, that automatically starts the plate to turn around.

The technics is really pretty to look at!