And then, there were the "dispenser" needles where you turned the little ivory star-wheel to feed a bit of wire down through the shank. Does anyone have any experience with these? I've always assumed that this was tungsten wire, but since the needle is so gimmicky, I haven't counted on the quality of the wire, or other possible issues such as vibration or distortion from the hardware, lack of a firm grip, etc. I have one or two of these with plenty of wire spooled up, but haven't been brave enough to try them out. Has anyone?
Andy On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote: > 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:phono-l- > [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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
