Please help with new machine (mp 7600)

mdjenders · 06-28-2008, 11:39 AM

Here is a quick video I put together of the issues I am having with my new MP 7600. I can't figure out the brake or cone-lock clamps, so please help me. Thanks.

http://vimeo.com/1245715

iplaybetter · 06-28-2008, 11:49 AM

try doing it without lifting, and also try doing a full rotation of each in the open direction

IceNineTX · 06-28-2008, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdjenders

Here is a quick video I put together of the issues I am having with my new MP 7600. I can't figure out the brake or cone-lock clamps, so please help me. Thanks.

http://vimeo.com/1245715

Could things have been locked down for shipping? Look for an allen wrench locking bolt on the base of the clamps. The Revo has a place to adjust tension on the swivel base. Mabye they just locked it down tight to keep it from moving during shipping.

Email James at MP if you need to. He's good about writing back. Maybe you can call too.

iplaybetter · 06-28-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by IceNineTX

Could things have been locked down for shipping? Look for an allen wrench locking bolt on the base of the clamps. The Revo has a place to adjust tension on the swivel base. Mabye they just locked it down tight to keep it from moving during shipping.

Email James at MP if you need to. He's good about writing back. Maybe you can call too.

that adjustment is only for bases on the star 3, and its clones bases sucha s the ones on most profesional machines, the revo, my prince ...

mdjenders · 06-28-2008, 12:14 PM

the lever won't turn w/o lifting up. I tried one full rotation, and several more in the OPEN direction, and still nothing. underneath the turntable, I see a screw/nut holding the clamp in place.

YULitle · 06-28-2008, 02:49 PM

The locks should be able to turn without lifting. The lifting serves the function of a ratchet, should you have to use it. They may have been tighten more the typical for transportation, but the normal operation of the clamps is the turn the base lock WITHOUT lifting the handle.

Oh, and the tension mechanism shouldn't be "wiggly" while tensioning. If it is wiggly while locked out holding tension, then there is only a problem, IMO, if it wiggles along the direction of the string.

mdjenders · 06-28-2008, 03:11 PM

thanks for the help, guys! I had to turn very hard, but yes, I got the clamps unlocked by turning w/o lifting.

now, the brake handle does NOT turn without lifting. I hulked it with all my might, and nothing! I don't know how the internals of the brake mechanism look, so I am totally at a loss on that one.

iplaybetter · 06-28-2008, 06:41 PM

try a cheater-bar if you can

Max Winther · 06-28-2008, 06:53 PM

Yeah maybe get a piece of metal tubing or something to put over the handle of the turntable brake to act as a lever. get the lever in a position where you can push downward on it and basicially put all your weight on it. If that doesn't work, then I don't think anything will. maybe try to spray some WD-40 in the assembly? Good luck man.

Mansewerz · 06-28-2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Max Winther

Yeah maybe get a piece of metal tubing or something to put over the handle of the turntable brake to act as a lever. get the lever in a position where you can push downward on it and basicially put all your weight on it. If that doesn't work, then I don't think anything will. maybe try to spray some WD-40 in the assembly? Good luck man.

Careful though, you don't wanna break it.

Did you talk to MP yet?

And do the clamps work now?

mdjenders · 06-28-2008, 09:56 PM

I got everything working now. the brake is a long screw that is tightened by turning the handle. on the opposite side from the handle, the screw sticks out kind of far with a washer dangling out. when I got the machine, I thought that needed to be tightened flush with the machine, but that was my mistake. looks a bit odd sticking out like that, but works fine.

SonRK · 06-28-2008, 10:12 PM

How is the machine? I was just considering of purchasing this over the Alpha Revo 4000

mdjenders · 06-28-2008, 10:21 PM

I haven't strung any frames with it yet (just figured out how to operate these things today!), but the parts and finish look high quality, and the stand is nice and heavy. I have a slight defect on my brake that I emailed MP about, so hopefully that gets resolved quickly and I can get to stringing. I will be sure to post a full review once I have strung up a few frames with it!

Gimmick · 06-29-2008, 03:58 AM

The brake handle was drilled off center to give more room for the post to slide into the base without hitting the brake. That much is normal.

Loco4Tennis · 06-29-2008, 04:15 AM

what about the tensioning system and the wiggle you descrived, dids you get a chance to ask them(MP) about it?

mdjenders · 06-29-2008, 10:40 AM

Looks like my brake is perfectly normal. Great response from MP explaining everything. The off-center placement looks to be part of the way that the mechanism rotates the braking lock into the center post. I will try to string a few frames soon and post my review.

06-28-2008, 11:39 AM	#1
mdjenders Professional Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,246	Please help with new machine (mp 7600) Here is a quick video I put together of the issues I am having with my new MP 7600. I can't figure out the brake or cone-lock clamps, so please help me. Thanks. http://vimeo.com/1245715 __________________ Yonex VCORE Tour 97 310g, Cyberflash 17g 58# (main), Tecnifibre Syn Gut 16g 61# (x) Yonex SHT-307

06-28-2008, 11:49 AM	#2
iplaybetter Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: behind you, but i have to be somewhere else by the time you look Posts: 3,441	try doing it without lifting, and also try doing a full rotation of each in the open direction __________________ saffin, man first, tennis player second I string 75% O3's, and i enjoy every one of them

06-28-2008, 12:14 PM	#5
mdjenders Professional Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,246	the lever won't turn w/o lifting up. I tried one full rotation, and several more in the OPEN direction, and still nothing. underneath the turntable, I see a screw/nut holding the clamp in place. __________________ Yonex VCORE Tour 97 310g, Cyberflash 17g 58# (main), Tecnifibre Syn Gut 16g 61# (x) Yonex SHT-307

06-28-2008, 02:49 PM	#6
YULitle Hall Of Fame Join Date: May 2005 Location: Guymon, OK Posts: 4,132	The locks should be able to turn without lifting. The lifting serves the function of a ratchet, should you have to use it. They may have been tighten more the typical for transportation, but the normal operation of the clamps is the turn the base lock WITHOUT lifting the handle. Oh, and the tension mechanism shouldn't be "wiggly" while tensioning. If it is wiggly while locked out holding tension, then there is only a problem, IMO, if it wiggles along the direction of the string. __________________ Michael A. -- If your flaw in stringing is consistency, http://www.youtube.com/yulitle MRT 07-08 -- your stringing will be consistently flawed. Last edited by YULitle : 06-28-2008 at 02:51 PM.

06-28-2008, 03:11 PM	#7
mdjenders Professional Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,246	thanks for the help, guys! I had to turn very hard, but yes, I got the clamps unlocked by turning w/o lifting. now, the brake handle does NOT turn without lifting. I hulked it with all my might, and nothing! I don't know how the internals of the brake mechanism look, so I am totally at a loss on that one. __________________ Yonex VCORE Tour 97 310g, Cyberflash 17g 58# (main), Tecnifibre Syn Gut 16g 61# (x) Yonex SHT-307