Hi David,This is not about your Edison problem... my ancestors won't let me see your show - "Fair Liberty's Call". They were too upset over the outcome of the rebellion and had to move to Ontario... :)Their thought was - "Do you want one tyrant 3,000 miles away, or 3,000 tyrants one mile away?" Maybe they were right...
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:19:06 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Help with Edison Standard tension gizmo > > I finally got a chance to work on an Edison Standard phonograph > project I've had sitting around for ages. The motor is rough, but > after replacing the governor weights (they were falling off) the > motor actually runs. And for a good long time, too! > > The next step is to glue up the belt material I have and connect the > motor to the topworks. But the tensioner just flops around. There is > something that looks like a spring wound around the part that > connects the tensioner to the motor works, but it is only connected > to one end. If I hold the other end of this 'spring' with pliers, > then the tensioner springs back when I push the lower part with my > finger. That's just the action that would keep the belt tension at > the proper level. But how should this be connected, and to what? Any > good pictures of such a thing would be appreciated. I could send a > picture of that part to anyone who would try to give me a good answer. > > There is also some rust on the underside of the bedplate, around the > edges, about where it sits on the wooden case. Any good suggestions > for cleaning it and keeping it from rusting any further? A wire brush > and rustoleum? Anything better? > > Thank you. > > David Barnett > > David Barnett [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
