Jh-110a

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Well, I just got back from a trip from Portland to San Francisco over the weekend to puck up a deck that I bought.

It is a well maintained MCI JH-110A 1/4" halftrack. This unit can take 14" reels and plays at 7.5, 15 and 30 ips. Heads have low hours on a JRF relap and in general everything appears to work. Just a little dust.

It does have some red sockets.:eek: but they are looking OK. I'll get some time on the machine before I replace them.

This is my first MCI so I'm on the learning curve. I'm looking for a manual, notes, spare parts, 1/2" 2 track heads and rollers :) and all the other things that go with a deck. (operations and maintance manuals that is)

Oh yes, and some space to put it on the "studio".


It does have a noisy bearing on the pinch roller so Sweetbeats, where are you buying bearings?

Regards, Ethan
 

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If I knew you were coming to the Bay Area, I'd have bought you a burrito :)
 
"It is a well maintained MCI JH-110A 1/4" halftrack. This unit can take 14" reels and plays at 7.5, 15 and 30 ips. Heads have low hours on a JRF relap and in general everything appears to work."

droooool!

nice deck!
 
Ethan, try VXB Bearing. That's where I got the bearings for my 440-8. The website is a little kludgey when trying to search for specifics but if you don't mind wading through all the 608Z bearings (for instance), its not bad. I spent a little more money for ABEC-7 bearings with ceramic balls, sealed and stainless races. Probably overkill but a pack of 10 was, like, $15.

Your MCI probably uses a fairly standard size...608, 622, etc.

Congrats, Ethan. That is a satisfying find. How much if I may be so bold?

If I knew you were coming to the Bay Area, I'd have bought you a burrito
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You could just ship one to him, but avoid UPS and make SURE you wrap it in many layers of bubble-wrap and double-box if you can.
 
Ethan:

Nice machine. I'll be interested to hear how it goes. I'm still planning to take a trip early next year to pick up a JH-110 8 track and related stuff that a friend is going to donate. He has old stuff that needs to be copied off, so about all he will guarantee is all 8 channels working on playback, but probably there will be some work needed on a couple of record channels (and I may be better off just to snag a couple somewhere, cheap in the meantime).

Anyway, it sounds like I'll be learning some of the MCI world, too. I think at some point I may pick up an MCI 2 track, too.

Cheers,

Otto
 
Hi Otto,

I'll keep the list updated. There is a lot of info on MCI decks out there but it is skattered and takes a little work with google. You may know about this site:
http://mcirecording.com/forum/index.php

Which does not have a lot of traffic but is monitored by some real MCI gurus'

regards, Ethan


ofajen said:
Ethan:

Nice machine. I'll be interested to hear how it goes. I'm still planning to take a trip early next year to pick up a JH-110 8 track and related stuff that a friend is going to donate. He has old stuff that needs to be copied off, so about all he will guarantee is all 8 channels working on playback, but probably there will be some work needed on a couple of record channels (and I may be better off just to snag a couple somewhere, cheap in the meantime).

Anyway, it sounds like I'll be learning some of the MCI world, too. I think at some point I may pick up an MCI 2 track, too.

Cheers,

Otto
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SCORE! Looks just like mine (no red sockets though). There is a guy in Nashville, Chris Mara, who is an MCI guru.
I'm sure he would know where to get parts. PM me and Ill shoot you his contact info.
 
sweetbeats said:
Ethan, I was looking at your quiry over on the MCI forum about the SR3 bearings.

Wouldn't these work? Not sealed but they are shielded...
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The MCI uses the bearings to set the height of the rollers. The bearing used is 0.1562" thick. The bearings you show are 36 thousands too thick. About 14% of a quarter inch tape width too high.

The R3 open bearings are the right size. I may get some 1/8" bearings and use a shim.

And the pinch roller is the one I need to replace and it is a "comon" size.

--ethan
 
Oh...I saw in the post that you referenced the SR3ZZ so I thought you made a typo on the thickness...:o
 
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