What motor does your Rek have Kyle? The Papst?
Rek O Kut B12H Rehab Thread
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mr_rye89
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Yep the Papst, So technically its an B-12H, I added it later, it originally came with the round induction motor. The Papst runs a little fast.
What does a Papst version motor look like? I have an N33 near me that looks possible...(like I need another project)
mr_rye89
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Is the H meaningful in the N-33H model?
mr_rye89
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Yep. "H" stands for Hysteresis motor aka Papst.
Kyle can you tell the motor brand from these photos?
mr_rye89
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That's the Papst
Thanks for confirming...
mr_rye89
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I had to notch out the inside of the plinth to get 78 RPM to work. spun some shellac from the stack and it sounds great. I think this new plinth was a sonic upgrade as well as an aesthetic one. I hoping the Audiocraft arm and 200k cst oil gets here this week.
Did you jump on that N-33H?
Did you jump on that N-33H?
Not yet Kyle, it is still listed. Bunch of watchers but no takers yet. Pretty local to me so pickup would be possible. Damn weather has turned sucky here in New England of late, chronic snow. Makes you not want to go out on the salt treated roads...
mr_rye89
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Salt no bueno, especially for my Dodge.....its body is made from the Schlitz cans swept off the Chrysler truck plant floor.....
J!m
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That's funny right there.
Bob Boyer
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Ya'll laugh. I watched my grandfather patch a rocker panel of his 57 Pontiac with the end of a steel veggie can one summer day while we were visiting. The salt as always, in Syracuse, NY was doing its thing all winter. A machinist by trade, though in management at GE's heavy military plant then, he managed a patch job that was extremely hard to spot after painting. Wish some of his talent could have come my way, but I was too young when he died to have witnessed much of it.
mr_rye89
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Bump! Audiocraft tonearm gonna be here early next week or maybe tomorrow. Running late due to weather i guess
mr_rye89
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I'm surprised it got here in one piece (or at all). Quite dingey but everything seems to function. Gonna dismantle tonight. I might hit up Chris for a DIN cable as that one is pretty nasty. 
J!m
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Looks like it'll clean up nicely.
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That will be super nice Kyle !
mr_rye89
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Okay the pictures are crappy but the arm cleaned up good and is mounted. AT3600 Carbon Fidelity cart mounted in a standard Technics headshell, aligned to Stevenson, tracking at 2.5 grams, damping set midway. I fiddled with the lateral balance but who knows, the manual was badly translated. I also added some chinesium spike feet for audiophool cred.....
Bob Boyer
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Really nice, Kyle! I'd have been tempted to go whole hog and repaint the deck and polish the selector wheel but I think you leaving the patina (there, I just jacked the value $100...) works better.
Love the plinth design. Nicely done all around.
Love the plinth design. Nicely done all around.
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