Help with Sugden Connoisseur BD1

Need help with the restauration of this vintage turntable (Yes I looked everywhere and can't find what I need)
Bought this TT sometime ago for spare/repair of the big auction site but it came without the belt pulley on the motor.
My question is for people with this turntable (don't know if the BD2 has the same one)
Can someone measure the pulley for me ?
Have access to machines (lathe/cnc lathe) to make one but need the dimension for the 2 speed groves.
Or if someone has one going spare...
Any one ?
 
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The BD-1 and BD-2 use the same platter, motor, belt, and nylon pulley (friction fit on the shaft).
At some point the rubber motor suspension was improved on both. The original was just three rubber bands.
The suspension may have been damaged in shipping, but you can make a replacement from a 3" wide
flat rubber sheet.

Make sure the start knob still has the rubber kicker on it. This is essential for proper startup. If not,
you can substitute an eraser from a pencil of the right size. The original rubber kicker was threaded
into the knob.
 
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The fellow that ended up wih this one might still have it, if no one has one to measure.

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dave
 
The BD-1 and BD-2 use the same platter, motor, belt, and nylon pulley. At some point the rubber motor suspension
was improved on both. The original was just three rubber bands. The suspension may have been damaged
in shipping, but you can make a replacement from a 3" wide flat rubber sheet.

Thanks but you didn't understood my question
My problem is the missing pulley the problem with the suspension rubbers is sorted.

To Dave
Do you know the name/nick for this member ?

Ric
 
I understand, but have no pulley. But you or others may have some of those problems as well.
A round cross section rubber belt of the right size is also difficult to source these days.

The Suspension problem is a well known issue (no surprise in a 40 year old deck)
Funny enough the drive belt (and suspension upgrade) is easy enough to find online.
That guy (ebay shop) does have a few things but no drive pulley in stock and never had one (I asked a few weeks ago)
 
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Here is sketch With thickness dimensions
But, my recommendation is to to recalculate pulley for flat belt as it is much easier to find replacement flat belt than original rounded one. That would be easily done with knowing dimension of platter and knowing the rotating speed of the motor which is exactly 375 RPM for 50Hz AC.
 

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