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date: 10/20/2003
Rolf's Comments:
"A very interesting table came to me this afternoon. The customer came over 600 Km to bring it to my workshop. It is a Reference I - serial number 22. It was found in a cellar, not having been touched over the last 12 years. The customer did not clean the table, so it comes to me with all its patina. It looks a little like a classic car saved from a automobile graveyard. The Reference has "Limited Edition SME 3012" - gold version!"
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After twelve years in the cellar's atmosphere.......
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An SME 3009 Series III
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A TP16/TP63..!
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scars.........and.......20) 
more scars
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"This evening I changed the bearing oil and I started the table. It runs, a
little low in speed but just adjustable. The motor pulley was bad, some little
noise...so I looked in stock for exchange - and I found these
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"Returning
to the table, I saw him dying. Total collapse of the power supply. One of the two main capacitors was shorted, so I replaced both."
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"The table runs again, I also replaced the pulley clutch, see pictures
Tomorrow I will look after the 3 phase motor drive, to normalize speed
deviation. The bearing is absolutely perfect."36)
"If You turn it by hand to speed, it turns for a
cigarette length."
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