Juke Boxes , any pointer to technical overview ?

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N Cook

Nov 20, 2005

#1

I've been asked to repair a Rockola Juke Box of the 1970s. Owner has a
technical manual for that model but I would like to do some more general
backgroung research particularly on the mechanicals/electro-mechanicals
beforehand.
I've previously only repaired an amplifier from a Juke box but the upcoming
problem relates to the mechanicals, anyone have a URL of a technical
appreciation/exploration ?

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Gary Tayman

Nov 20, 2005

#2

I don't know, but it might be interesting to do a search on Rock-Ola to see
what comes up.

I recall on the news a few years ago, I heard Mr. Rockola died. Many people
thought the name was some sort of play on words using a combination of "Rock
'n Roll" and "Victrola", but there really was a fellow named Rockola who
founded the company.

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Arthur Dent

Nov 20, 2005

#3

Manuals and parts are available from some of the following.
http://www.victoryglass.com/
http://www.jukeboxparts.com/
http://www.alwaysjukin.com/
http://www.jukebox-parts.com/
http://www.verntisdale.com/schem/sschem.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/fmillera/troubleshoot.htm

Hope this helps.
Glen

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Fred Wesner

Nov 20, 2005

#4

Join the jukebox mail list:

http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/jukebox-list

There are several RockOla experts there.

Fred

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Bob Urz

Nov 20, 2005

#5

N said:
I've been asked to repair a Rockola Juke Box of the 1970s. Owner has a
technical manual for that model but I would like to do some more general
backgroung research particularly on the mechanicals/electro-mechanicals
beforehand.
I've previously only repaired an amplifier from a Juke box but the upcoming
problem relates to the mechanicals, anyone have a URL of a technical
appreciation/exploration ?

What's wrong with it? I used to work on them a couple of life times ago.
The amplifiers are pretty straight forward. There is a rotating drum
with moving contacts on it that sometimes need to be cleaned. There
are motors running the record carousel and the gripper arm motor.
Always start with the power supply and work out from there.

Bob

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Mark Oppat

Nov 21, 2005

#6

yea, David Rockola. PERFECT name, isnt it?

there's another one I heard like that which I cannot recall right now.
Anyone else know a "perfect named" person?

Mark Oppat

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Michael A. Terrell

Nov 21, 2005

#7

Mark said:
yea, David Rockola. PERFECT name, isnt it?

there's another one I heard like that which I cannot recall right now.
Anyone else know a "perfect named" person?

Mark Oppat

A dentist I had to see while in the US Army was named Captain. Hurt.

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jim menning

Nov 21, 2005

#8

Mark Oppat said:
yea, David Rockola. PERFECT name, isnt it?

there's another one I heard like that which I cannot recall right now.
Anyone else know a "perfect named" person?

Mark Oppat

How about the 2003 World Series of Poker winner?

Chris Moneymaker.

http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/chris-moneymaker/

Of course maybe with that name he should have worked for the Bureau of Engraving &
Printing.

jim menning

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Nelson Gietz

Nov 21, 2005

#9

Dr. I. P. Goode. Urologist.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Nov 21, 2005

#10

A dentist I had to see while in the US Army was named Captain. Hurt.

An optician called (I)an Strain.

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Arfa Daily

Nov 22, 2005

#11

Mark Oppat said:
yea, David Rockola. PERFECT name, isnt it?

there's another one I heard like that which I cannot recall right now.
Anyone else know a "perfect named" person?

Mark Oppat

I went to school with a lad called Richard ( Dick ) Head .... and he really
was. I wonder where he is now ?

Arfa

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Larry

Nov 22, 2005

#12

I went to school with a lad called Richard ( Dick ) Head .... and he
really was. I wonder where he is now ?

Arfa

We had a whole family of Fuchs in our town.

There was Amy Fuchs.....and she did.

There was also Emily Fuchs, but I never heard whether she did or not.

What a terrible name to give innocent, or even not-so-innocent kids...(c;

Oh, it's pronounced Foosh. Now aren't you ashamed?

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Ron(UK)

Nov 22, 2005

#13

Larry said:
We had a whole family of Fuchs in our town.

There was Amy Fuchs.....and she did.

There was also Emily Fuchs, but I never heard whether she did or not.

What a terrible name to give innocent, or even not-so-innocent kids...(c;

Oh, it's pronounced Foosh. Now aren't you ashamed?

It`s Foooks over here. I remember some German sportswoman on tv being
continually called the wrong name by an interviewer. Eventually she
snapped at him "It`s fucks ..My name is FUCKS!"

Appols for anglo saxon verbage.

Ron

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Ken Layton

Nov 22, 2005

#14

There's a jukebox newsgroup you can get info from too and it's
alt.collecting.juke-boxes

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Tom Sullivan

Dec 31, 2005

#15

How about the inventor of the flush toilet, a chap by the name of John
Crapper.

Tom

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Hagstar

Dec 31, 2005

#16

Tom said:
How about the inventor of the flush toilet, a chap by the name of John
Crapper.

It's Thomas, and while he was a sanitary engineer he did NOT invent the WC-

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

John H.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Dec 31, 2005

#17

How about the inventor of the flush toilet, a chap by the name of John
Crapper.

Thomas T Crapper. I've got an original cast iron high level cistern so
labelled in the outside toilet of my 1884 house in London. They built
things to last in those days. ;-)