Wanted: hinge(s) for record box

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Wanted: hinge(s) for record box

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I know it's a long shot, but does anyone have a hinge like in the pictures for sale? It's for the beautiful Hawthorn and Sheble Monarch 10-inch Oak disc record case I recently purchased from Shawn. I would take a pair and replace both if I can't find an exact match. I thought about repairing the broken hinge, but the material is too corroded where it would need the strength. It's about 2 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. Please dig into your parts drawers and let me know if you can help.

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Andreas
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Re: Wanted: hinge(s) for record box

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Andreas,
That hinge can be repaired, but would have to be thoroughly cleaned and polished before attempting to fix it. It could possibly be silver soldered by someone who works with jewelry repair or soldered with high tin content solder, like 60/40 lead solder - not lead free solder or acid core solder. After fixing it, it can be aged with cold gun bluing, liver of sulphur or copper sulfate. You would need to strip and polish the good one to match. This would be true for brass hinges, but if they are steel, cold gun bluing will work.
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Curt, thanks for the advise. If I cannot find a replacement, that's the route I will have to go I guess.

Andreas

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Whaddya think?

2" overall length
1.5" wide
Screw holes maybe a bit larger diameter
Not sure how hole spacing matches yours. Hard to tell from your pics.
3 curls in the hinge instead of 4
Looks like slightly heavier gauge steel
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JerryVan wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:18 pm Whaddya think?

2" overall length
1.5" wide
Screw holes maybe a bit larger diameter
Not sure how hole spacing matches yours. Hard to tell from your pics.
3 curls in the hinge instead of 4
Looks like slightly heavier gauge steel

DSC06436.JPG
Those would work. PM sent.

Thank you so much!

Andreas

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