Portable Cd Player Not Spinning

[Janita Locklin]

Here is a link to the ifixit Sony Walkman WM-AF48 Film Revolver Band Replacement guide. which may be of some help in replacing the belt. There are Sony Walkman WM-B47 service manuals available online (for a price) which may show how to open your player and replace the belt. I didn't investigate them further, so I don't know if this is the case or not..

It is not a recommendation to use them. It is shown to give an idea of the cost of the part. There may be other suppliers online that suit you better. Just search for Sony Walkman WM-AF48 belt to get results. (There were no results when searching for belts for a Sony Walkman WM-B47).

Yeah and indoor fitting off a matt with litteraly just a 7 iron is so laughable. I think we can all agree a pro player is probably hitting a whole sets irons to see how they do with different shafts. Unfortunately we dont have these luxurys. The best is when some fitters dont even have certain shafts or brands of stuff period. I went to a guy who had no callaway and about 20 different iron shafts missing...

That being said. Most distance irons are supposed to drop in at a certain decent with a decent spin to hold greens. You can always go far a higher spinning shaft as well for the new p770 or weaken loft a degree or 2.

I struggle with spin and launch (too low) and ended up with ping i200s in power spec. Was talking to my local ship and the main fitter there says if anyone lacks spin and launch he puts them in I210s.

I also gamed the original 770s but moved to 790s for the 5/6 for 2 years with a blended set. I am now using 2020 P770 for a smidge more help compared to the older 770s and spin rates are pretty much where I expect them to be and no issues stopping them any differently than my older 770s.

By all means you have other things to try and great options (225 not the HMB, T200, Apex Pro, Forged Tec, don't forget PXG: the list goes on and on). Just keep track of actual lofts so you don't get too hung up on the 'it spins too low' fear.

ZX7 are lower spin than most CB, but higher spin than I saw in any of the hollow irons(players distance). I spin the ball a tad higher than I would like, so I play these and the Srixon Z Star XV or the Snell MTB-X and the results have been very good.

The main thing to know is that the player's distance iron's go farther by lowering spin, so if you suffer from too low spin almost ANY iron is this category might be problematic. The i210 is a good choice for forgiveness, and pretty good distance, and higher spin. The ZX5 in the long irons have been great for me as well, but I don't think I would like them as much in the short irons.

The i210 is what stands out to me given the various loft options, which is really what you should be missing with If you're a low spin player. People often overcomplicate this with irons as though you shouldn't be touching lofts and will mess with everything else around them to their detriment. If an iron isn't spinning enough, bend it weaker, and vice versa. If offset becomes an issue then take that into account, which is why I think the i210 is a great option since you'd likely be moving towards the "weaker" side anyway (less offset). That will depend on personal preference though, but don't go chasing spin with different tech/marketing/whatever. Find an iron you like the look and feel of and mess with loft to hit your spin window.

Whenever I start a sculpted cake, I try to collect as many patterns and photos as I can. In this case, my daughter wanted it to look like her record player so I was lucky because I had the actual record player to use as a reference. I also went online and found a picture of it so that I could print out some patterns to use for things such as the face plate and speakers.

I found this little motor on Amazon.com that turns almost the same speed as a real record player. My husband wired it up for me. (*See bottom for his full explanation on how to wire the motor.) He also cut a piece of PVC pipe for the motor to set in, inside the cake.

Using the measurements I had figured earlier, I cut a cake board to the size I wanted and used that for my cutting pattern for the cakes. Disregard the line on the board; I had measured wrong the first time and had to redraw my pattern.

Now it was time for the fun stuff. I made a batch of black modeling chocolate, rolled it thin then cut out a circle for the record. My mixer bowl cover was the perfect size so I used that for my pattern.

I had found this clay sculpting tool at the craft store and it turned out to be the perfect tool to make the indentions around the record. With the record laying on a turntable, I held the tool in place and slowly spun the record around in a full circle.

I set the record aside to dry for a couple of days then cut some circle labels out of gum paste, used the decorating tip to remove the centers, and allowed them to dry for a couple days as well. I only needed one but I was going to be writing on them so I made a couple extras in case I messed it up. (Over the years I have learned to always make extras of things!)

I also rolled out a thin amount of modeling chocolate and cut out two speaker backings then used a plastic cross stitch canvas to press over them and make indentions. I also dusted them with some petal dusts so that they would have a little color and depth but that was a mistake because it all rubbed off after I placed fondant over them, as you will see.

I attached a thin piece of fondant on the back of the cake because I was going to need to attach a piece of foam board there later on, to support the weight of the lid, and I wanted a barrier between the foam board and the cake.

Now to cover everything in fondant. Getting the right color was the tricky part. The original record player is a reddish, cherry wood color. I am not that great with color mixing so I spent some time experimenting with different colors and techniques before I finally came up with this. I started by mixing some Warm Brown gel color with a small amount of Super Red until I got this light reddish-brown color of fondant. As you will see, I later brushed air brush coloring over it to intensify the color.

This really brought out the wood grains and added more color but it added a little too much color so, while it was still wet, I went back over it with the same brush wiping off the excess color and cleaning the brush in between strokes with some water. I ended up loving the result because it gave the reddish brown look of the cherry wood as well as a little bit of shine that resembled the finish on the original record player. I used this same technique for all the rest of the wood paneling on the cake. With a small knife, I cut away the fondant from the top of the PVC pipe.

Using my printed speaker pattern, that I got from online photos, I attached it with straight pins and used a veining tool to mark the cutouts in the fondant. I then removed the pattern and used and X-Acto knife to remove all the cutouts.

As I mentioned earlier, I needed to add some foam board to the back to serve as a support for the lid later on so I cut a piece to size then covered it in fondant and attached that piece to the back of the cake with some melted candy melts.

I finished up the siding by covering the protrusion piece with fondant and coloring it just like I had with the rest of the cake (although it is not yet colored in this photo.) I try to keep as much of my cakes edible as possible but sometimes there are some pieces that just need stronger support than what edible materials can provide. That was the case with the lid. I had to use foam board since it was so large and was going to have little support. So I measured and cut it out then checked it on top of the cake before covering it in fondant.

To trim out the speaker cut outs, I cut thin strips of black fondant and placed them inside the edges of the cutouts. As you can see in the photo, the petal dust that I had originally brushed on the speakers looked terrible. Most of it rubbed off and, what was left looked clumpy and dirty. I ended up using a paint brush, dipped in Vodka, to clean it all off and kept it just black.

Now I took a break from the cake and prepared the base board so that it would have time to dry. I rolled out a large piece of cream colored fondant then pressed an impression mat on it to give it texture. I then attached it to my cake board with some piping gel, cut out a hole for the motor wires, glued some ribbon around the edges, and then left it to dry overnight.

For the face plate, I rolled out some yellow gum paste then used my pattern to cut it out with an X-Acto knife. I poked indentions where corners were with my veining tool so that I could use those as markings.

Once dry, I used an edible marker to draw on all the lines and numbers. I also used edible markers to draw the wording on the dried gum paste record label. I then attached the record label on to the record and attached the face plate backing on to the back of the face plate.

Now to assemble it all. I attached the cake onto the base board with some melted candy melts then ran the wires of the motor down through the holes and out under the board. I stuck foil at the bottom of the PVC pipe to help position the motor then stuck a few toothpicks on the sides of it to hold it securely in place.

My husband then finished wiring everything so we could plug it in an outlet. (*See bottom for his full explanation of how to wire the motor.) After making sure it worked, I laid a 6 inch cake board on it for a base then attached the record to that cake board with a little piping gel.

With the record in place I could figure out where to place all the other pieces. I even added a small piece of silver colored toothpick on the bottom of the arm to look like a needle. When you use non-edible parts, be sure to let the people eating it know they are there.

We ordered the motor with a specific RPM range to duplicate the speed of a 33 1/3 RPM record. Motors can be ordered with various input voltages, and I suggest that you order one from 9-12v as it will be easier to obtain the correct voltage transformer. I happened to have a 12v transformer from an old cordless phone, so we ordered a 12v motor to fit it.

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