My First Talking Doll Motor Repair

CDBPDX · Post by **CDBPDX** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:07 pm

Just finished fixing a 1930's talking doll motor. Pretty cool! This is the doll cousin of the Mae Starr doll, same mechanism, just a different doll.

Watch it running on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/NDVYqFk_h7I

Cliff

phonojim · Post by **phonojim** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:48 am

My wife is a doll collector, so I've worked on several of these. They are a really neat piece of design work, pretty much indestructible, and reliable. Cleaning and lubrication was always the issue with the ones I did.

Jim

phonojim · Post by **phonojim** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:12 am

Check for PM.

Jim

CDBPDX · Post by **CDBPDX** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:19 am

phonojim wrote:My wife is a doll collector, so I've worked on several of these. They are a really neat piece of design work, pretty much indestructible, and reliable. Cleaning and lubrication was always the issue with the ones I did.

Jim

Pretty much that was the issue with this motor, too. That and a wee turn of the shaft adjust screw and it runs great. Amazing and simple piece of engineering. Cliff

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