hammerofhathor
New member
This is for the AMpex folks:
I'm about to pick up an AG-440B, and have been studying the manual to prepare myself.
So...in the maintenance section it mentions oiling the capstan motor and capstan idler motor every 3 months....what oil should I use?
Also, it mentions once a year taking apart the scrape-flutter idlers and having them "ultrasonically cleaned by jeweler"......what do I do about this? Do I really take these apart and take them to a jeweler for cleaning? And also it mentions a drop of special oil administered via a hypodermic needle....wow!
Any other special tricks about maintenance with this machine would be awesome, I'm assembling the test equipment I need and am gonna dive right in there!
thanks
mark
I'm about to pick up an AG-440B, and have been studying the manual to prepare myself.
So...in the maintenance section it mentions oiling the capstan motor and capstan idler motor every 3 months....what oil should I use?
Also, it mentions once a year taking apart the scrape-flutter idlers and having them "ultrasonically cleaned by jeweler"......what do I do about this? Do I really take these apart and take them to a jeweler for cleaning? And also it mentions a drop of special oil administered via a hypodermic needle....wow!
Any other special tricks about maintenance with this machine would be awesome, I'm assembling the test equipment I need and am gonna dive right in there!
thanks
mark