If any of you ever need something else mechanical to occupy your time, I highly recommend one of these. It cost me less than $300 and mostly worked when I got it. I've put many hours and a couple hundred more in it since then. It has everything a hobbyist tinkerer could want: heavy, complicated, dirty inside, has potential to make apartment neighbors into enemies, and capable of delivering a fatal electric shock from multiple places. In short, it's the coolest thing I own besides my dog.
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Hey Dave, I've got a 1960 wall-mount Rock-Ola that won't play the B-sides anymore. Wanna come over and help me with it?
Ralph
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I'm not terribly familiar with that machine, but I found that problem quickly on a forum. Check out the problems that they show on here and see if that straightens it out. Check all your fuses.
If you don't already have a manual for it, it's WELL worth it. They aren't designed to be easy to "figure out," but they are easy to repair with just a little help. They're also built tough to be reliable in bars full of drunk rowdies, so an easy retirement in a clean home is no problem for most of them.
Mechanically, my two biggest problems have been gummed-up grease and the dust that it attracts. A sticky layer of smoke-scented condensed cooking grease is common, too. WD-40 does a great job of cleaning both while following the Hippocratic ideal of "doing no harm."
If you don't already have a manual for it, it's WELL worth it. They aren't designed to be easy to "figure out," but they are easy to repair with just a little help. They're also built tough to be reliable in bars full of drunk rowdies, so an easy retirement in a clean home is no problem for most of them.
Mechanically, my two biggest problems have been gummed-up grease and the dust that it attracts. A sticky layer of smoke-scented condensed cooking grease is common, too. WD-40 does a great job of cleaning both while following the Hippocratic ideal of "doing no harm."
Hmmmmm . . . I guess I'll check fuses. Thanks Dave.
whirlaway
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I luv them Too!!!!
I have three old boxes,play them at least once a month and they keep on going.Plus the music I play are usually my favorites,Bobby
I have three old boxes,play them at least once a month and they keep on going.Plus the music I play are usually my favorites,Bobby
This is the only one that I have now. I've had it for close to 5 years now, and it doesn't smell smoky anymore. That's a good thing. I had the amp rebuilt last summer and had a foam replaced on one woofer the year before, but done all other work myself, including the lighting module and CD player problems. The worst thing was the upper door cracks. That thing weighs a TON and was cracked near the hinge. I installed 2 metal bars from a kit to bring them back to alignment, but I had to force them back into alignment once to fit the bars. It's all worth it...I love the sound. It's not strictly hi-fi, but it's loud and bass-heavy. Just perfect for listening to rock, rap, and metal music.
When I eventually have more room, I'd like to have a Seeburg SCD-1 and a Rock-Ola Legend eventually, too.
When I eventually have more room, I'd like to have a Seeburg SCD-1 and a Rock-Ola Legend eventually, too.
jasonl
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1972 Seeburg SPS-160 Olympian here
I have a '72 Seeburg Olympia. Works great except for a finicky keypad, sitting next to the '73 Magnavox Astro-Sonic.
My computer room rocks!
I have a '72 Seeburg Olympia. Works great except for a finicky keypad, sitting next to the '73 Magnavox Astro-Sonic.
My computer room rocks!
I would like to get a jukebox at some point-but at the place here-swap shop in Chocowinity-the operator there got a bunch of jukeboxes from a retired route operator.Most of them are in pretty bad shape-stored in a barn or something-and the swap shop operator wants high dollars for them-$1500 on up-and some machines he has gutted them and put a CD "Boombox" player inside instead of the orig jukebox equipment.I told him that is a BAD idea-leave as is.
a nother thing I have gotten interested in-but don't have-is bowling alley pinsetter machines-they are sort of like a giant jukebox changer-instead of records they handle bowling pins.The machines still for the most part run from levers,cams,etc.AMF and Brunswick still make them.Look them up on their websites and you will see them.I also downloaded an AMF manual to read how these devices work.They are quite fascinating.The basic parts of their anatomies-drive frame,pin elevator,pin distributor,pin table,and sweep.The machines both AMF and Brunswick still use the pin table to determine what pins are still standing after a ball has been thrown.The sweep is used to move the knocked over pins into the pin and ball pit to be reused-the ball is returned to the player.The drive frame has the motors and drive systems for the pin table,sweep.A motor or two motors are in this.they only run when a pinset or sweep cycle is required.The pin elevator and dist motor runs all of the time.Two sets of pins are neeeded for each pinstetter.I guess I would have to work at a bowling alley to play with one-used to bowl as a kid and wondered"How do they do that" look up Youtube and there is lots of pinsetter videos there.Excellent way to see how these mechnaical gizmos work.
a nother thing I have gotten interested in-but don't have-is bowling alley pinsetter machines-they are sort of like a giant jukebox changer-instead of records they handle bowling pins.The machines still for the most part run from levers,cams,etc.AMF and Brunswick still make them.Look them up on their websites and you will see them.I also downloaded an AMF manual to read how these devices work.They are quite fascinating.The basic parts of their anatomies-drive frame,pin elevator,pin distributor,pin table,and sweep.The machines both AMF and Brunswick still use the pin table to determine what pins are still standing after a ball has been thrown.The sweep is used to move the knocked over pins into the pin and ball pit to be reused-the ball is returned to the player.The drive frame has the motors and drive systems for the pin table,sweep.A motor or two motors are in this.they only run when a pinset or sweep cycle is required.The pin elevator and dist motor runs all of the time.Two sets of pins are neeeded for each pinstetter.I guess I would have to work at a bowling alley to play with one-used to bowl as a kid and wondered"How do they do that" look up Youtube and there is lots of pinsetter videos there.Excellent way to see how these mechnaical gizmos work.
