Which is why I no longer do my own springs...well worth just sending them out and let somebody else get filthy!
Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil O'Keefe" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage > Right, Ron. > > Last month, I was playing my Edison Standard and WHAAMMM! The machine > literally jumped up off the table and luckily landed on its feet without > tipping over (it has a large morning glory horn). > > I thought the spring broke. I took the phonograph apart and found out that > it was not the spring. It was one of the idler gears that transmits power > from the spring barrel to the lower drive pulley. The gear shaft broke off, > the gear went flying, and the spring violently unwound. When the gear let > go, it damaged the teeth of one of its mates. > > I managed to get a new shaft pressed into the gear by George Vollema and I > repaired the damaged teeth on the other gear with a swiss file. I > reassembled the machine, but I just could not get the spring to catch on the > hook on the winding shaft. I kept bending the end of the spring into a > tighter coil, but it would just keep jumping off when I wound the crank. > Apparently, when the gear let go, the spring unwound and bent away from the > hook. Finally, I stuck a small screw driver into a little hole in the side > of the spring barrel as I cranked, pushing the coils towards the shaft. > Finally, it hooked and I was able to wind the spring again. > > When I got done, I was covered with black graphite grease, my work bench was > filthy, and my tools were all gunked up. What a mess! But, now my machine > is working again. > > -Phil > > On 7/24/04 9:08 PM, "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Be prepared to get dirty. Make note of which way the spring winds in > > the barrel. Even broke springs will unwind violently when you pull them > > out of the barrel. I drop mine into a heavy sack and using pliers held > > in a gloved hand, pull on the center winding to get the spring out. > > > > Ron L > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
