My thanks go again to so many people. Curt comes to mind, rizbone, Brad, Jerry B., alang--and many others. That's no particular order and I am sorry whom I've not included as I know I left out some people. Be certain that your help has been greatly appreciated.
So, my turn to post some results from all these inquiries, responses, and repairs. The portable VV-50 now has a new mainspring AND I've fixed the governor. One of the weights actually fell off. I reattached it, including the little washer that goes with it. I also double checked the entire motor to make sure those little bearings associated with the governor and the spindle were present. I teased them out of their hiding places, cleaned out the pivots, and provided fresh oil. I just reassembled the VV-50 and it is now running quietly. People have been kind to post pictures of their mahogany machines. It's a good wood. Mine has alligatored, but you know what, for the time being at least, I'm good with that.
My 1916 VV-VI motor has been reassembled, again making sure all those ball bearings are there. I took out the mainsprings, cleaned up everything, regreased and re-oiled, and now this machine is running rather well. So someone a long time ago got over ambitious with the grease. I was a bit more conservative. Thanks.
So what's the problem? No 78s to test the sound reproduction. Yep, all dressed up and no place to go. Yes, I know that finding 78s is not a problem. I like digging these things up at auctions and barns, and so I will eventually find some. I was at the Donnelly (name right?) auction and I was hoping to buy a box of 78s after all the better boxes were taken by bidders. You know, pick up the left overs as I didn't care what I was buying. But that last guy decided to take all the remaining 20 boxes or so at something like $25/box. Go figure. And I saw some more 78s at another auction. But they were in such bad shape that I decided not to add them to all the junk I have at home. And don't get me started on how I bought a whole bunch of Blue Amberols for my two-minute machines. Chalk that one up to my learning curve.
So again my thanks to everyone.
VV-50 (portable), VV-VI, and 2- vs 4-minute cylinders
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