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  • Re: Technics RS-676US

    From jkn@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Thu May 1 17:02:29 2025
    On 01/05/2025 16:34, pinnerite wrote:
    This had been in storage for 4+ years.
    Even before it was packed, it stopped within seconds.

    I have now spent time familiarising myself with it's inards.

    The belts are slack.

    The only European source I could find was Thakker in Germany but their checkout does not include the UK! Has anyone any knowledge of a local
    source?


    You can/could get Thakker belts on Amazon - and eBay as well. Maybe
    email them?

    J^n

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Thu May 1 16:43:21 2025
    pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:
    This had been in storage for 4+ years.
    Even before it was packed, it stopped within seconds.

    I have now spent time familiarising myself with it's inards.

    The belts are slack.

    The only European source I could find was Thakker in Germany but their checkout does not include the UK! Has anyone any knowledge of a local
    source?

    Measure the dimensions of the belt and look for somebody selling that size? Assuming you can work out what the un-slack size is likely to be.
    The Thakker listing may give some clues.

    Theo

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  • From mm0fmf@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Thu May 1 18:02:39 2025
    On 01/05/2025 16:34, pinnerite wrote:
    Thakker in Germany but their
    checkout does not include the UK

    Another win for Brexit keeping these dirty foreign products out of our
    country.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Fri May 2 11:11:08 2025
    On Thu, 01 May 2025 16:34:20 +0100, pinnerite wrote:

    This had been in storage for 4+ years.
    Even before it was packed, it stopped within seconds.

    I have now spent time familiarising myself with it's inards.

    The belts are slack.

    The only European source I could find was Thakker in Germany but their checkout does not include the UK! Has anyone any knowledge of a local
    source?

    Wasn't there a fix for slack belts to put them in boiling water for a bit?

    Long time ago, short memory etc.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Joe@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Fri May 2 16:44:56 2025
    On Fri, 2 May 2025 14:16:41 +0100
    pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 1 May 2025 18:02:39 +0100
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 01/05/2025 16:34, pinnerite wrote:
    Thakker in Germany but their
    checkout does not include the UK

    Another win for Brexit keeping these dirty foreign products out of
    our country.


    Well, the player was built 50 years ago by Matsushita in Japan.
    You are right about Brexit, Thakker said their system is not yet ready
    to handle pounds.

    One might point out that we were always using Pounds, even as an EU
    member state.

    Another win for people who attribute all problems to either:

    a) Brexit
    b) Putin
    c) Trump or
    d) Global warming

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    Joe

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to pinnerite on Fri May 2 16:57:18 2025
    pinnerite wrote:

    Thakker said their system is not yet ready to handle pounds.

    Did you point out that Euros still exist, just as they did before brexit?

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