hi why dont you just get it replaced it is not that expensive and there are many business that will do that with just nickel In a message dated 7/20/2008 1:50:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rvuill at comcast.net writes:
I'm restoring a Columbia type BN outside horn phonograph. This machine has a one piece aluminum horn and an analyzing reproducer. The arm appears to have been plated originally. I assumed that I could buff the aluminum to a nice shine. My problem is that the surface is quite pitted and when I try to buff it, the dirty buffing compound winds up in all of the pits. I had planned on filling the pits with a car body filler and then priming it and painting it with a chrome paint that contains aluminum particles and gives a fair shine. A friend suggested I fill the pits with an aluminum epoxy and then polish it out. I've goggled epoxy aluminum and found a number of products. There are a couple of aluminum putty sticks mentioned but I can't tell if they can be polished like aluminum after they set. Have any of you used any products like this to repair aluminum arms? Secondly I would like to replace the rubber pad that fits between the Analyzing reproducer and the arm. Can anyone recommend a source for this piece or a suitable material to make one out of. I have enough of the old one to make a pattern. Lastly I would like to replace the 3 screws used to hold the reproducer to the arm . The ones I have are very rusty and won't hold the reproducer tightly to the arm. I did jury rig it well enough to make it work by backing up the 3 screws with some small rubber "O" rings and small washers. I would like to repair it properly and assume the correct screws will do it. Do any of you know the correct thread pitch of the screws or a source to replace them. Were any additional gaskets or washers used with these screws originally? Thanks in advance for your help. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
