Wow! A week and no replies, and then some very interesting observations, opinions and suggestions for which I am most grateful indeed!
Atmasphere, I am definitely going to try your suggestion. If there is an issue, be it sound-quality OR mechanical, I can always wipe it out of there and use something different.
Chazro, I remember all that hoopla about the green markers and am inclined to lean in the direction you suggest....I definitely WILL post an update, so stay tuned and thanks for your kind advice.
Wish I had a chemist friend who would be able to break it down precisely and tell me how many "snakes" it would take....:-)
I found a suggestion from another Spacedeck owner that Royal Purple Synfilm GT is supposedly very similar in terms of viscosity to the NOTT oil, so that might be an alternative. See it here:
http://royalpurpleindustrial.com/prodsi/sfgt.html
Also, another owner has been using this product without complications:
http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7304-michell-synthetic-main-bearing-oil-8cc.aspx
I am very interested in maintaining the integrity of this deck so will be very cautious, but $125 a bottle for a few ounces seems very much like gouging to me, especially when one has just contributed quite heavily to the corporate health by purchasing their product. Seems to me they would be only too happy to send along a bottle from time to time rather than take this approach. But, who knows what their stuff costs them so perhaps I am wrong in my observations....kind of doubt it though.
The real travesty is that Nottingham has to date and to my knowledge NOT PROVIDED EXPLICIT SETUP DIRECTIONS FOR THE ARM!!! The owner's manual for the table itself is marginally adequate as it takes a lot of time for someone not too familiar with such things to get it.....but I took the time, and now I "get it," but the arm is still a bit of a mystery to me and it sure would be nice to know I have it precisely as NAS intends.
I know, I know, "take it to a professional...." Well, I live in a fairly rural area and I just can't do that without driving a very long way, likely 8 hours or more, to find such a person.
Sigh....will limp along, trial and error it is.
Thanks again, everyone.
Atmasphere, I am definitely going to try your suggestion. If there is an issue, be it sound-quality OR mechanical, I can always wipe it out of there and use something different.
Chazro, I remember all that hoopla about the green markers and am inclined to lean in the direction you suggest....I definitely WILL post an update, so stay tuned and thanks for your kind advice.
Wish I had a chemist friend who would be able to break it down precisely and tell me how many "snakes" it would take....:-)
I found a suggestion from another Spacedeck owner that Royal Purple Synfilm GT is supposedly very similar in terms of viscosity to the NOTT oil, so that might be an alternative. See it here:
http://royalpurpleindustrial.com/prodsi/sfgt.html
Also, another owner has been using this product without complications:
http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7304-michell-synthetic-main-bearing-oil-8cc.aspx
I am very interested in maintaining the integrity of this deck so will be very cautious, but $125 a bottle for a few ounces seems very much like gouging to me, especially when one has just contributed quite heavily to the corporate health by purchasing their product. Seems to me they would be only too happy to send along a bottle from time to time rather than take this approach. But, who knows what their stuff costs them so perhaps I am wrong in my observations....kind of doubt it though.
The real travesty is that Nottingham has to date and to my knowledge NOT PROVIDED EXPLICIT SETUP DIRECTIONS FOR THE ARM!!! The owner's manual for the table itself is marginally adequate as it takes a lot of time for someone not too familiar with such things to get it.....but I took the time, and now I "get it," but the arm is still a bit of a mystery to me and it sure would be nice to know I have it precisely as NAS intends.
I know, I know, "take it to a professional...." Well, I live in a fairly rural area and I just can't do that without driving a very long way, likely 8 hours or more, to find such a person.
Sigh....will limp along, trial and error it is.
Thanks again, everyone.