Floppy Conversion Part 3
Now I have a working floppy motor I decided to make a unit that can
have a removable pulley and magnet with 33rpm and 45rpm pulleys….
I wanted to make a new turntable to house it in.
I used henk the fisherman for my woodwork
I needed a new turntable to mount the floppy in… and this starts
with the main bearing.
Here we can see massive steel bearing with a PTFE white liner.
The bottom plate is removable on this custom bearing…its almost
silent in operation
I'm using booster oil to make it ultra slippy!
Here we can see the bearing mounted into a solid wood base.
With rubber mounted feet.
I mounted the floppy motor recessed about 10mm under the wood...
This is a 33rpm pulley.
The bottom of the deck is recessed to fit the batteries and floppy
motor
I'm using 4 x AA ni-cad batts.
The floppy is rubber mounted with stepped screws.
Things are almost ready.
Little switch makes life easy.
The wood rubber mounted feet have some bounce.
Finished…the floppy motor works fantastic…
I had to fit a LED to find out when it’s on because it’s so quiet!!!
Sound tests from the pu2gold job will be posted shortly.
Part 4 of the floppy will be all
customers work.
I have finished what I started …it’s done its job very very well
Thank you for the interest in the floppy conversion.
