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RE: BIC 960 Turntable
Posted by Doug G. on December 29, 2011 at 22:34:05:
The earlier 960s and 980s had that weird motor setup with the three legs sticking down from the motor and a triangular piece on the end of them. There was what BIC called a stop link mounted on one of the three legs and this supported the lower part of the motor shaft.
This coincided with the original solid platter mat rather than the segmented one. I think it was just the first year of production.
Then they changed to the simplified (and better) arrangement with the lower support just stuck on the bottom of the motor.
Of course, the two models used motors of different voltage since the 980 motor is controlled by the Oscillator on board and is a lower voltage motor than the 960 which runs right off the 110 volt current.
Motors in later models had even more variations what with the VIA and Z series using expandable motor pulleys to vary the speeds and so there was a shaft with the expander on the end which went right through the motor shaft and was pushed up and down by a mechanism.
That manual kit story sounds really strange although I don't doubt you.
BIC did sell a couple of manual tables. I think they were the SP65 and SP85. Z series tables.
Doug.