Look what followed me home from Lincoln NE!

[Inigo]

Congratulations!
The noise could sleep be due to worn governor bearings, if they have developed some side play... I had a motor that suffered from the same.

[JerryVan]

Ok I made a video of the motor in action.
Are these older motors suppose to be this loud?


https://youtu.be/gJqvklct6LE

I don't think that's unusual noise for a motor of that era.

[AmberolaAndy]

Ok some more progress and some questions…
I took some time to clean up the hardware with some Brasso and cleaned the inside with some Gojo and Kramer’s antique improver.

Now the flange is stuck onto the reproducer gooseneck. I’m sure some of you has come across this issue. So how can I get that bit of reproducer off the tonearm without damaging it?
Or should I get a different one from ebay or Yankee Trader?

The next thing I noticed while it does crank the motor, I think the crank it came with was not an original. It just doesn’t feel right because it’s a space around the crank and escutcheon, like it should be a little bit fatter. Also a bit of a pain in the butt to get on the shaft correctly I’d figure an original would be larger and easier to put on.

Also the bullet brake doesn’t have a pad on it either.

Just a few minor things. If that bit of reproducer flange wasn’t stuck on I could easily play records on it today! Thankfully there’s Not as many issues with this one compared the two previous Edison machines that got almost 20 pages of threads of me being frustrated!

[AmberolaAndy]

Photo of the Slat-less record storage area. How hard is it to find the slats for this machine?

[Django]

Ok some more progress and some questions…
I took some time to clean up the hardware with some Brasso and cleaned the inside with some Gojo and Kramer’s antique improver.

Now the flange is stuck onto the reproducer gooseneck. I’m sure some of you has come across this issue. So how can I get that bit of reproducer off the tonearm without damaging it?
Or should I get a different one from ebay or Yankee Trader?

The next thing I noticed while it does crank the motor, I think the crank it came with was not an original. It just doesn’t feel right because it’s a space around the crank and escutcheon, like it should be a little bit fatter. Also a bit of a pain in the butt to get on the shaft correctly I’d figure an original would be larger and easier to put on.

Also the bullet brake doesn’t have a pad on it either.

Just a few minor things. If that bit of reproducer flange wasn’t stuck on I could easily play records on it today! Thankfully there’s Not as many issues with this one compared the two previous Edison machines that got almost 20 pages of threads of me being frustrated!

You should be able to work the flange free. The part is irregular enough that you should be able to carefully grab it with pliers and work it free.

Regarding the crank, I think that the issue is the escutcheon. It looks like the center of it is missing.

[AmberolaAndy]

Ok some more progress and some questions…
I took some time to clean up the hardware with some Brasso and cleaned the inside with some Gojo and Kramer’s antique improver.

Now the flange is stuck onto the reproducer gooseneck. I’m sure some of you has come across this issue. So how can I get that bit of reproducer off the tonearm without damaging it?
Or should I get a different one from ebay or Yankee Trader?

The next thing I noticed while it does crank the motor, I think the crank it came with was not an original. It just doesn’t feel right because it’s a space around the crank and escutcheon, like it should be a little bit fatter. Also a bit of a pain in the butt to get on the shaft correctly I’d figure an original would be larger and easier to put on.

Also the bullet brake doesn’t have a pad on it either.

Just a few minor things. If that bit of reproducer flange wasn’t stuck on I could easily play records on it today! Thankfully there’s Not as many issues with this one compared the two previous Edison machines that got almost 20 pages of threads of me being frustrated!

You should be able to work the flange free. The part is irregular enough that you should be able to carefully grab it with pliers and work it free.

Regarding the crank, I think that the issue is the escutcheon. It looks like the center of it is missing.

Yeah Dyslexic Genius Hurt told me the same. Is the escutcheon specific to this type of machine or can I use one off a different model to replace it?

I’ll try soaking that flange piece and get it off my tonearm with some pliers. I’ll let y’all know if I damage my tonearm in the process.

[Django]

Just don’t squeeze it hard. You don’t want to damage the tone arm.

The escutcheon should be the same as used on an L-Door.

[AmberolaAndy]

Well if there’s a gif image that summarizes me trying to get this flange to come off, it’s this one!

[AmberolaAndy]

WHOOP!! WHOOP!!
Thank you PB Blaster! I got it off!
Who’s the boss now?

[AmberolaAndy]

And finally the moment I’ve been waiting for!

The first time this machine has played a record in many decades!!

https://youtu.be/Pc-GvbPl2C0