Making a Turntable Idler

A friend of mine collects old Garrard record players. Last year he asked me to make him a replacement idler wheel for an old Garrard, and so I made him one that would functionally replace it as the original equipment parts are cost prohibitive and a bit of a pain to get in Canada. He got himself another similar unit and asked me to make him another wheel for this one so we step through the operations to make a new wheel that won't have rubber hardening issues.

In the process I made up a measured drawing, so if anyone has an old Garrard and would like the plan for this project just send me an email. We'll see what we can come up with.

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