VPI MOTOR PULLEY ??

Thanks rodman, I tried to e-mail him, but he wants my life history back to when I was born.......He doesn't need that to sell me a small part.....Boy it used to be nice to call "Harry" and get a part in a couple days, pay the bill and get on with your project....I tried to get a belt for my VPI scout, sent the money to a dealer in Seattle and got no belt and no refund......But thanks, will keep trying

Tonykay:   VPI isn't what it used to be, since the dealers handle the parts they seem to think that they can charge about anything that comes to mind, I have about 10 VPI turntables and sometimes I think that I should just part them out........It would be nice to just get a part at a fair price and go on about ones business, but those days are over........Will

Mike doesn't take calls, infact nobody at VPI takes calls....It would be great if I could just call someone and order this part, pay for it and expect to get it sometime in the future......I have a Aires VPI that needed some work on the plinth, it took over a year to get it repaired, I bought a Scout-Master to use while I was waiting....I now own (1) Aires (1) Scoutmaster,(4) Scouts (4-5) HW19, mk1,mk4....and a VPI 16.5 cleaner..........So I've paid my dues.....Where's Harry when I need him ???   He's out here in Idaho fishing........Will

Well I went to the VPI information website and they wouldn't let me in untel I logged in .......But I can't because I don't have a pass word ???  I wonder why they need a pass word for me to ask a question ???   The best way to handle this is to sell all of this fine American technology and get some Chinese stuff and when it breaks, throw it in the junk pile where this fine VPI stuff belongs......and listen to my tuner or CD player.....At least when my Audio Research stuff breaks I can make one phone call and the part comes in several days........Harry didn't build his company on this kind of service.......And he left it for Mike to run in the ground......If you want any VPI stuff , I will be selling some, and then I won't need the pulley.....And I won't need a pass-word........Will

I went out today and bought a metal turning lathe so I can make my own pulley.......It seem that if you don't want to spend your life trying to contact somebody that doesn't want to be contacted, then you might figure out how to do it yourself.....Its given me another viewpoint on some businesses like VPI and PRO-AC ......Its OK to buy a 1000.00 turntable but don't trouble them with the small stuff.......I will make my own out of brass and skip the plastic VPI ones......  Will

Making the wheel:  First I have the pulley on my Scout Master for basic measurements and I intend on cutting 3-4 different sizes for three different speeds.......As long as the are over speed I can fine tune the speed by removing some of the diameter of the pulley.....It will take a lot less time than trying to get one from a VPI dealer  in Seattle.......Will 

I'm not tired of you guys, I get a lot of good ideas from you all.....I just wish that parts were a call away and not requiring me to go on the inter-net and do business......I'm not real good with computers so sometime my results aren't good......I did make some working pulleys and I'm making some knobs for one of the tube amps I build.....The pulley was quite easy to make out of a 1'' piece of brass rod.....My little lathe is quite small (6') but is quite accurate.....Its easy to tune the pulley in if you make it a little large and trim it ever so fine .....and keep checking the speed......Autospec

That's what is wrong with so many people that they can't understand how someone can make a simple pulley.....And buy a lathe to make record clams and knobs or whatever ???    Next time one of you ask me about my VPI dealer, take a minute and look on a map for Lewiston, Idaho and point out where my VPI dealer might be ??  There is not one person on this forum that has half as many VPI turntables as I do , and I used to call Harry and he would look around and send me a used tonearm base or mounting base....All by what I would describe , now the only way I can get a belt is on E-bay and hope it not made in China.....But I have so much VPI that I can just borrow a part off another one......Lucky most VPI parts are interchangeable........autospec

I can tell you what I think....They should hire someone (like Audio Research's Calvin) and pay them out there huge profits to take calls and get small things handled for there good customers, but not to even try and handle things and fudge the people like myself off  because they just don't have time.........I could make a pulley faster than I could even find anyone to sell me one......So I did....I'm kind of like a YUGO dealer, I just move the parts from turntable to another.........

Marc:    If it matters, I could make one before I could find anyone to sell me one....Do you have any idea how simple it would have been for me to call you and order one.....It could have been done in less than five minutes....One more happy customer....Keep up the good customer relations......Thanks for taking the time for the e-mail.......autospec

Harry was always fun to deal with, He is why VPI is what it is, the kids couldn't pull that success by themselves..... If WNTRMUTE2 doesn't believe me about the lathe and the brass rod, send me your e-mail address and I'll send you some pictures and while I am at it I'll send some pictures of my more than (15) VPI turntables.......So I have invested plenty in VPI.........

You would have to be nuts to pay what BOB's charges for VPI parts.....This is the way the whole VPI parts system is totally out to lunch.........Tone are base (1000.00) are you crazy ??   autospec