The other one does not fit because its drop is too long and it sticks out too far. One's hand hits the table top if you try to crank with it so the machine would have to be lifted up quite a bit or the crank would have to be suspended over the edge of the table. The "wrong one" has an acceptable length drop but just sticks out to far and of course has the nasty escutcheon wear grooves and discoloration from its first life.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vinyl Visions Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia cranks. "I have two early Columbia cranks. One is on a later BN (Champion) but it is the wrong one." If you have two cranks and one is the wrong one, what is the other one? Are they both BN cranks? If the problem that you are having only stems from the diameter of thecrank - which will not fit through the escutcheon - then you can re-sizethe crank by putting it in a drill press and using a file to get it to thesize you need. It takes a little while, but is simpler than taking it to amachine shop. I don't know if this helps, but I have done this before. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:49:49 -0400 > Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia cranks. > > I have two early Columbia cranks. One is on a later BN (Champion) but it is > the wrong one. It has escutcheon wear far out on the thick part of the > shaft. If I could get the thinner part of the crank out of the thicker > diameter part, I could cut down the thick part and then put the thin part > back in (Is this making any sense). So has anyone ever had one of these two > diameter cranks come apart or have you taken one apart. Alternatively, > would anyone be willing to trade two Columbia cranks with longer large > diameter parts for a very good condition BN crank? > > Ron L > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
