Motor board lifting knob - just a door pull?

[TonyJ]

I believe my VV 4-7 is supposed to have a lifting knob/screw in the lower left area of the motor board and just realized it's missing. Are these typically just the same hardware as used on the doors for pulls?

[Jerry B.]

I believe you are correct. It's just a door pull. Jerry

[De Soto Frank]

All the pre-orthophonic Victrolas use a smooth-face knob very similar to (same as?) the door knobs.

When I got my great-grandmother's VE 8-12, the motorboard knob was missing. I assumed it was a knob with concentric rings, like the knobs on the door, and I actually found a modern cabinet knob at the hardware store that was almost identical to the front knobs, only a little smaller. I installed it.

It wasn't until 20 years down the road that I saw some other Orthophonics, and noticed that the motorboard knobs are the older, smooth-face knob ?

I would assume that the knob finish should match the rest of the interior hardware ( brake tab, speed control... )

[Henry]

Ditto Frank on the pre-Ortho pulls. My XI motor board knob is identical to the door knobs.

[mikejk]

My 4-7, and 4-20 both have regular smooth pulls for the motor board but in the same dark finish as the rest of the hardware. They don't match the door pulls.
Mike

[Phonofreak]

Tony, Do you need one of these knobs? I might be able to help you. PM me.
Harvey Kravitz

[Retrograde]

The motor board knob is not the same as the door knob on some Victrolas. The motor board knob is smaller and plainer, and has a straight shoulder at the base. (if I can find a picture, I'll attach it to this post.)

Smaller machines such as the VV-IV and VV-VI may have door and motor board knobs that are the same. I don't own one that I can look at to confirm.