Berliner fiber gear replacement

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Josh_boro20
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Berliner fiber gear replacement

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Hi everyone, I have a Berliner and the teeth on the fiber gear are almost completely gone. Is there anybody out there who would be able to install a new gear on my Berliner?

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Contact phonospud (Darren Wallace) on this forum. I think he cuts them and will install.

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Re: Berliner fiber gear replacement

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I would recommend counting the teeth required for your motor. If an early American model, I believe the tooth count is 148 (3 ⅛") not 144 (3 1/32") which is used on later Berliner motors. Darren Wallace should know once he knows the model.
Hope this helps.

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Re: Berliner fiber gear replacement

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Here are a couple of links to the gear replacements I have done. I had a batch of these gears made and sold most of them to Ron Sitko. Not sure if the new owner has them yet. I had to make the brass rivets because the heads are very thin so they don't hit the inside top of the case.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=34613&hilit=gear
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=29436&hilit=gear

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Re: Berliner fiber gear replacement

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Thank you all so much, mine is a ratchet wind so it Dates to about 1897. I will contact him, thank you again.

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Hi Josh, pm sent, cheers, Darren
Finest in music box and phonograph restorations for over 40 years

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