Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help. I'm looking for the manual for this turntable, It's a Sugden Connoisseur 2-speed turntable rebadged for Knight.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0885/5784/files/sugden_conn_large.jpg?v=1487604127
Does anyone know whether a manual actually exists for this?
I'd like to learn more about how to maintain this turntable (oiling etc,).
I also have to sketch a diagram of the motorboard (fitting a non-improved SME 3009 tonearm) for a craftsman who will build a motorboard for me. I wonder if the manufacturer offered any templates.
Any kind of help or advice would be very gratefully received.
I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help. I'm looking for the manual for this turntable, It's a Sugden Connoisseur 2-speed turntable rebadged for Knight.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0885/5784/files/sugden_conn_large.jpg?v=1487604127
Does anyone know whether a manual actually exists for this?
I'd like to learn more about how to maintain this turntable (oiling etc,).
I also have to sketch a diagram of the motorboard (fitting a non-improved SME 3009 tonearm) for a craftsman who will build a motorboard for me. I wonder if the manufacturer offered any templates.
Any kind of help or advice would be very gratefully received.
There probably isn't a "manual" for it. This manufacturer offered high value for money by dispensing with fripperies like manuals. Clean any muck out with cotton buds and isopropyl alcohol before oiling or you will transform said muck into abrasive fluid. Slideway oil (as used on lathes and milling machines will probably be good for the main bearing. Before you spend a lot of money, check the motor for cogging. The (later) Connoisseur BD1 used a motor that cogged horribly. Opening up one of these motors found that rather than the pole pieces being triangular, they were rectangular, causing that cogging. Nothing will get rid of that torque ripple. The horrible motor is identifiable by cheap-looking large plastic plates top and bottom, whereas the older motor has clearly identifiable triangular cut-outs that form the pole pieces. The motor will want a small drop of much lighter machine oil top and bottom. There may be a pressed steel bracket to support the motor shaft, in which case the lower shaft bearing is obscured until the central screw and shaft cap are removed. The screw should be adjusted (and locked) for minimum vibration with the motor powered. My older motor was missing its screw, so I drilled a 2mm axial hole in the end of a 2BA screw in the lathe, plugged it with PTFE, faced it and let the cap run on that. I also polished the bearing face of the cap. Nice and quiet.
