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> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:19:06 -0400
> From: da...@fairlibertyscall.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> 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 da...@fairlibertyscall.com
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