Why Does My Nottingham Motor Seem To Run Fast?

Previous Spacedeck owner here.
Never heard of one running that fast.
Sure it has the correct pulley on the motor?
Very odd as mine was maybe 33.4.
I then added a Walker speed controller which is very popular mod in Notts decks and was able to tweak it to exact 33.33/4.
To be running at 36 something has to be seriously out of whack. 

Hi

IE: bearing oil. From my understanding, the original developer of this TT hired a person Trained in that specific field  My friend Kevin @ K & K Audio owns a Nottingham. Apparently, their specific bearing oil has cat piss in it.

This is no S___.

Solved. 
Someone is receiving a belt and possibly some negative feedback. The belt is too fat to fit in the groove.
Just string has it turning at 33.3.
It can't be an official belt that I bought.

Glad you got it resolved.
Yes if riding out of the groove it's like using the wrong diameter pulley.

I believe Hollywood Sound in Florida is still the official dealer for Nottingham.
You should be able to order the correct belt from them.

Good luck!

Ned, In your first post, you wrote, "Not impressed with the motor either, unless I spin it really fast it never gets up to full speed."  I am not sure what that meant, but I assume whatever the problem was, it has also been cured.  Keep in mind that the NAS turntables were deliberately designed to use a weak motor and a heavy platter.  The idea is that the motor only is there to get the platter up to speed whereupon it maintains speed mostly due to its rotational inertia.  The motor is only to give it a little oomph, once up to speed.  I no longer own a Notts tt, but when I did I found that a Walker Audio Precision Motor Controller was a major upgrade, like getting a whole new turntable up another level in SQ.