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Post by bobmickeyspillane on Mar 15, 2014 10:28:28 GMT -5
I recently acquired what I believe to be an Edison Sheraton / with the door opening sideways not down....my question is this: how many cranks are necessary to wind it up? how many would be too much? etc...
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Post by larryh on Mar 15, 2014 17:01:26 GMT -5
The amount of turns is hard to say.. Its something you intuitively know after you have done it a bit.. The idea is to crank it till it starts to feel like its resisting lightly.. You don't want to crank it till it breaks that is for sure and some who have never operated one have done that.. Just don't keep turning once you feel a pressure that is building against your turning the crank.. If it plays though a whole side then you have cranked it enough to work.. If its a larger motor it might play two sides. Edison suggested not cranking it so much as to nearly stop the turning of the handle, but cranking it enough to feel the lighter resistance that starts to build as you near the maximum.. Its better for the spring to operate in that range of not quite fully wound. Hope this made some sense.. Once you play with it a while you will know when to stop. Since different records play different lengths of time the winding will vary dependent on that.
Larry
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Post by phonogfp on Mar 15, 2014 17:19:16 GMT -5
The S-19 has a single mainspring, so you should be able to wind the crank about 40 times with no problems. Even if you should reach the fully wound state, no problem will result unless the crank is forced or the mainspring is already damaged. The key is to SLOW DOWN the winding as the resistance increases. As stated above, you will develop a "feel" for when the mainspring has sufficient power to play through a record. Until then, just proceed gently and you'll be fine.
George P.
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Post by bobmickeyspillane on Mar 17, 2014 3:55:42 GMT -5
Great information! Thanks! It came with a box of squeaky clean diamond discs...I can't wait to listen to them.
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