02-09-2025, 05:40 AM
A quick repair this time. I picked up this rewinder for just three dollars. A mains powered rewinder that looks like a large model sports car.
The most difficult part of the repair was in taking the thing apart. As we all know, things are designed to go together, not to come apart. With no obvious screws, I took to the join between the top and bottom case with a spudger and a screwdriver. I eventually got it apart and with no breaks. I was then able to get to the cover of the cassette tray. This was removed with no grief.
The mechanism was still hidden beneath the cassette tray but there did not seem to be anyway to remove the tray with out the use of a hammer and extreme violence. Since the rubber drive belt looked to be not too stretched I worked the mechanism back and forth until the clutch assembly freed up. The drive motor was dated
18 May 1996 Therefore the belt looks to be twenty-nine years old. The motor appears to be powered by A.C. Although there is an electro across the motor, no diode is anywhere to be seen.
A few days after the repair, I was attending the local branch of the Men's Shed. I was asked by another member, what I did on the weekend? I replied that I had bought a Red Sports Car.
I had to clarify that it was not a full size car, but only a model car.
Not sure what to fix next. Pioneer Laser Disc Player? Or the National Panasonic format video cartridge recorder?
The most difficult part of the repair was in taking the thing apart. As we all know, things are designed to go together, not to come apart. With no obvious screws, I took to the join between the top and bottom case with a spudger and a screwdriver. I eventually got it apart and with no breaks. I was then able to get to the cover of the cassette tray. This was removed with no grief.
The mechanism was still hidden beneath the cassette tray but there did not seem to be anyway to remove the tray with out the use of a hammer and extreme violence. Since the rubber drive belt looked to be not too stretched I worked the mechanism back and forth until the clutch assembly freed up. The drive motor was dated
18 May 1996 Therefore the belt looks to be twenty-nine years old. The motor appears to be powered by A.C. Although there is an electro across the motor, no diode is anywhere to be seen.
A few days after the repair, I was attending the local branch of the Men's Shed. I was asked by another member, what I did on the weekend? I replied that I had bought a Red Sports Car.
I had to clarify that it was not a full size car, but only a model car.
Not sure what to fix next. Pioneer Laser Disc Player? Or the National Panasonic format video cartridge recorder?
