I started to look into it but didn't get far. I guess I just have to talk to the right machinist. As far as I can tell, a small hole was drilled into the end of the shank and the wire was inserted and the end of the shank was then squashed (swaged?) around the wire to hold it in place. It's either that or a slit was made at right angles to the long axis, the tungsten wire was placed in the slit and then the slit was swaged down around the wire. I guess the best way to find out about it would be to look at the patents.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Rubin Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Tungs-tone needles Speaking of needles: Is anyone reproducing Tungs-tone needles these days? Is so, who, and how much are they? And if not, why not? _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
