I have a B80. The motor is self-contained as far as having a common iron
base for everything, but it stands on the bottom of the cabinet. There are
no hinges or wooden top plates or anything bolted together in L-shapes.
The motor is attached to the bottom, and the turntable is mounted on a cross
bar or steel plate under the top. Remove all the screws around the inside
edge & the top comes out in 2 pieces. The turntable can be removed - after
loosening 2 screws, one screw hidden in a hole in the pulley's cork lining.
However, you can take the whole mounting bar or plate off & turn it over to
clean the pulley or whatever you want to do. The turntable assembly
shouldn't need to be disassembled, and it's best not to risk damaging the
cork or losing the little ball bearing that's hiding in the bottom!
There are a few pics in this thread -
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6955 .. I can post a
few more if needed
DanKj
edisone1 at verizon dot net
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To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison B-80
The earlier models had a motor that attached to the cabinet. Later B80s
(and I think mine is the later type) a self contained motor. I don't see
any evidence of a hinge other than what holds the top on. I will look
again.
Ron L
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From: Antique Phonograph List [mailto:phono-l@oldcrank.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:08 PM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison B-80
Belt drive with the round knob on the back of the tonearm - my point of
reference is the A60, which has no lid but is otherwise the same. The
presence of the lid might make a difference in the way it opens up, but by
the design of the motor it's important that it maintain the geometry of
its
mount points on the back AND the top of the cabinet. Therefore I'm pretty
sure that it stays as a unit and must be opened as a unit.
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-- Peter
pjfra...@mac.com
On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Antique Phonograph List
<phono-l@oldcrank.org> wrote:
It's a Diamond Disc player. I don't see anything resembling hinges or
pivots for the motor/tt.
Ron
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Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:16 PM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison B-80
You unbolt the top and the whole thing hinges back and up.
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-- Peter
pjfra...@mac.com
On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Antique Phonograph List
<phono-l@oldcrank.org> wrote:
I decided to take the plunge and bought an Edison B-80 tabletop
machine at the Wayne parking lot sale this year. It works but the
motor and interior cabinet are pretty cruddy looking. There's lots
of little paint chips from the horn. I want to take it all apart and
clean/relubricate it, except for
the spring which seems to work without rumble. Sooo, is there
anything
I
should look out for/be careful of in particular? It does not look like
the
TT lifts off. I think I'll just take that whole top plate off with
the TT as a unit to start with.
Ron L
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