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avocollector · 19th Jun 2021, 5:08 pm

Agree with the previous people - that winding looks fried to the proverbial! If it was me I'd get it professionaly rewound and new bearings as it looks to be a nice unit. I tend to think more in terms of quality than economics ie is it a good unit initially/worth rewinding is the main idea and the cost secondary (which is why I spent about 4 hours and about $20 repairing an analogue 'Weston' brand multimeter once when $10 would have easily bought me a modern better spec'd el cheapo). You are not going to get a new one of comparable quality and any cheap used one may be equally fried up (always suspect immaculate looking or cheap used gear for that reason!!). So go for it.

19th Jun 2021, 5:08 pm	#19
avocollector Heptode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wellington, New Zealand. Posts: 653	Re: Restoring a old table grinder Agree with the previous people - that winding looks fried to the proverbial! If it was me I'd get it professionaly rewound and new bearings as it looks to be a nice unit. I tend to think more in terms of quality than economics ie is it a good unit initially/worth rewinding is the main idea and the cost secondary (which is why I spent about 4 hours and about $20 repairing an analogue 'Weston' brand multimeter once when $10 would have easily bought me a modern better spec'd el cheapo). You are not going to get a new one of comparable quality and any cheap used one may be equally fried up (always suspect immaculate looking or cheap used gear for that reason!!). So go for it.