Now here's one that you don't see everyday!

[tolivac]

Ken: glad someone is still making TT parts-great site and supplier.I replaced the tire in that one about 30 years ago,and the toy car tire was just the right size.The wheel in that CM was too far worn for cleaning-most of the time the alcohol cleaning does it-works on most of the broadcast TT's I fixed.Then--stations went to DD Technics TT's.These were harder to fix under "home remedies"One time a disc jockey spilled a Coke into a Technics TT-platter would jitter instead of turn-guess it would be good for those "scratch" sessions disc jocks loved to do-just keep LOTS of spare styli for that-and that poor "Coke" TT-took it apart and cleaned the circuit boards and motor-then let it dry for two weeks-put it back together and it was fine.The station wanted to get a new one.
Love the term "Rumble matic"one Broadcast TT QRK I called them "Rumblemasters" when they had worn or dirty idler wheels-that rumble or WF could trip AM transmitter OL relays in the modulator section.

 

[panthera]

Mark,

you are, of course right - I was thinking of the later ones. The cobras did have some interesting features, though. I just got confused. Haven't seen one in...32 years! Nobody - least of all me - contests that the Collaros were better built. But the cobra was an attempt at something better, and I think that is neat.

I am glad I'm not the only paranoid member here. Before our Meister would even let me into the repair shop back when I worked in used appliances, we had to go through the two-week electrical safety course every technician has to take. And that was just to be permitted to /enter/ the shop. (He was from Israel and had the best tea in the place, no offence, but German tea is as bad as the coffee is good.) So it was worth it.

 

[tolivac]

Variable speed Cobramatic TT-the one I worked on years ago-the motor shaft was Horizontal instead of vertical under the platter.the idler wheel in the Cobra TT moved along the cone shaped motor shaft-thus giving you the variable speeds.I also worked on a Bogen TT(was part of a Bogen PA system)that worked the same way-the Bogen TT was not a changer.It was a manual single play TT.In both the Bogen and Cobra TT's the idler wheel was Vertical instead of horizontal like in other TT's.And in both of those-the idler wheel was wide instead of thin-looked like the racing slick slot car tire.I would have to agree-the Cobra TT's were sort of hokey-Other TT's were much better.
and at where I work we have to watch videos on electrical safety here-and another thing that is emphasized-the wearing of flash protection gear-the helmet with tinted visor to protect eyes and a suit to protect the skin from intense heat from the eletrical flash and for UV protection.Intense electrcal arcs can cause UV and heat burns to eyes and skin.We have to wear those items whenever we go into a transmitters transformer vault.-also would have to wear those suits when we work on the switchgear here.High powered electrical systems are VERY dangerous!

 

[tolivac]

Robert:love the "Leave It To Beaver" scene on the pix tube screen in your set.Was watching episodes of LITB before going to work!Have both 1st season and 2nd season DVD box sets.Remember first watching these as a kid on a green screen Hoffman TV and later a BW Zenith "bucket" model Zenith table model set.The Zenith had a bucketlike metal cabinet-but that set was still working when my mother traded it in towards an RCA color set in the late 60's.Your Zenith would be an appropriate TV to wacth LITB on!