Why not go to a hobby shop and get some mold material and see if you can
reproduce one?
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:34:46 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Suitcase rubber reproducer receptacle
>
> Ron: The rubber cup is a friction fit into a concave depression needle
> cup (applied metal cup?). Any that I have seen is not round on the top rim
> but elongated so that the reproducer will be cradled securely while the
> machine is moved. On the outside edge of the rubber cup is a depression w/
> small center hole to allow the disposal of used needles. They fall through
> and collect under the rubber cup in the metal needle cup onto which the
> rubber cup is attached.
>
> I have a picture I can send to your personal address to verify that we are
> talking about the same thing.
>
> Issues I wonder about:
> 1. Was the rubber cup originally round rather than elongated?
> 2. Have you tried soaking your nice but hardened example in brake fluid?
> That liquid has worked wonders on hardened rubber parts from my old cars and
> electric fans.
> 3. If someone wanted to reproduce this item (at high mold making cost),
> would there be a market for it knowing that it would cost about as much as
> the whole machine is worth?
>
> Regards,
> GrnMountain Bill
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Ron L'Herault <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I saw the original post. Are you talking about the metal banded thing with
> > the depression on one side (where the needle bar would go?) and which sat
> > in
> > a flat-bottomed, cup-like depression in the portable's motorboard? I've
> > got
> > one that I think is still the right size and shape but it has hardened up
> > with age. I'd love to see a repro as well.
> >
> > Ron L
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On
> > Behalf Of William Zucca
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:40 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Suitcase rubber reproducer receptacle
> >
> > Dear Phonolisters:
> >
> > I haven't seen any reply to my query about whether anyone has reproduced a
> > Victor Suitcase rubber reproducer/used needle receptacle. Perhaps no one
> > has, but I am worried that my posting never made it out to the list for
> > everyone to see.
> >
> > Has anyone seen such a thing offered for sale?
> >
> > Regards,
> > GrnMountainBill
> >
> > PS: Happy Deepsnow Day! Here in the mountains there is about 25" of
> > beautiful white snow on the ground with sparkling airborne silver flakes
> > glistening in the midwinter sunshine.
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