David Woof on sat 6 may 00
Lisa, the really old one doesn't have a pan, the newer,realitively speaking,
ones had a pan built on.
No repair parts unless you know an electrical engineer who can rig.
Point of historical interest, on the really old alpines, the motor and gear
drive were army surplus turret gun drives for the tail guns on fighter
planes when someone had to sit back there and operate them.
One that I have I use to set stuff on, the other, the oldest waits in the
corner where, when a tail gunner mood hits, I use it to "coil throw" big
stuff or throw large platters etc.
Kinda fun to operate, Have to fiddle with this suicide lever that connects
into the internals of the motor to get it to completely stop revolving and
then when I'm least expecting it reverses it'self and creeps clockwise. It
rumbles and growls but never groans. would I buy one at any price? no.
David
>From: "L. P. Skeen"
>To: "David Woof"
>Subject: Re: Alpine wheel
>Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 22:51:33 -0400
>
>Hi David,
>
>There was one on Ebay that I was looking at; but no splash pan. :( Just
>wondered how they perform. The guy who has it knows NOTHING about the
>wheel.
>
>L
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Woof
>To:
>Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:31 PM
>Subject: Alpine wheel
>
>
> > Lisa, I have two alpines, what do you wish to know about them.
> > David
> >
> > David Woof
> > Earth and Fire Studios
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cyberscape on mon 8 may 00
I learned to throw on an old Alpine electric. It had a spring pedal,
like the accelerator on a car, and an AC motor. Potters wheels now have
DC motors and the rheostat is not interchangeable with the old AC
models. Check and see if the motor is AC or DC before you buy a new
foot pedal. They were unstoppable and I think that an electrical repair
shop can fix the AC variable speed controller if that is the problem. I
loved working on those old Alpines.
Harvey Sadow
Jennifer Pulliam on sat 11 oct 03
I have 2 alpine wheels with field motors. I need pedals and controllers =
for both. Does anyone have spare parts or suggestions?
Greatly appreciated,
Jennifer
Ben on tue 14 sep 04
If there's anyone out there with a working alpine wheel who's willing to =
help me with the wiring schematic, please contact me off list. Found =
an old one, cheap, but the pedal wiring is not connected.
Thanks,
Ben
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