Close Up of A Stylus

[phonojim]

Absolutely. I learned about clock and watch repair and did quite a bit of it for a while. That is where I learned about tools such as these and realized they were also useful for phonograph repair as well. I have dozens of broaches, pin vises, file sets, small numbered drill sets, and other oddball tools such as the one shown. I've used them all at some time and I'm still on the loookout for things I don't have. My biggest problem as I get older, 72 this year, is that I'm not always as steady as I need to be for this type of work. Sometimes I have to put is aside for awhile and come back to it.

Jim

[ambrola]

Ronnie, My comments were referring to the picture(s) that I provided of my 4 minute stylus on my model S reproducer - not your 4 minute stylus. Yours looks like it has been cleaved or has a flat spot according to the pics you provided. My pictures don't clearly reveal whether there is a flat spot or it is simply lighting. My 4 minute stylus was playing OK but not as nicely as my other model S reproducers so that is why I sought Steve's expert opinion as best I could with those pictures. I ended up doing nothing with the reproducer. I simply wanted to share my story with pictures as well since it was sort of similar to yours.

Doug

I have to say those are some very good Micro photographs you took Doug. I have to put a whole set of Kenko tubes and a Micro lens on my camera to get that small. The only bad side is you loose a lot of DOP when you are using all this crap on your camera. Next time I have it all set up on the camera I will snap a picture of it, probably when I turn the stylus off the flat spot.