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Not yet. I have not had the time and I'm out of town for a few days. That's a pain in the butt, it is. Thanks for the suggestion.
I wonder if I could use a compass or something....
These tools must exist! Or at least they did, at one time.
Repairing...taking apart Columbia Tonearm
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Re: Repairing...taking apart Columbia Tonearm
While a compass will give the ability to span the distance and adjust it fit, it might not be strong enough to take the torque. you may try holding (sandwiching) it between two stiff plates (wood, metal, plastic....)
Good luck
Good luck
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Re: Repairing...taking apart Columbia Tonearm
I came back to this old project, as I am about to move and I don't want to abandon my neighbor on this (it is hers).
SO!! I finally made a tool to remove the screw-off washer: simply hammer two correctly-spaced nails in a piece of wood, to match two notches in the washer. insert nails into washer notches, twist wood. Worked like a charm. Then I removed, in each assembly, a spring, the flat hook piece, and the washers that sandwiched it. (The last washer required gradual ¼ turn spinning of the structure, sliding up the exposed section of the washer a tiny bit, and on and on.)
OK! Now the NEW problem. There is a mysterious narrow iron strip (or rod) that sits in a groove in the pot metal elbow, pointing skyward, and seems to be designed to keep this elbow as snug as possible in the base. On the "new" replacement base, I was able to remove the elbow by twisting it slowly but firmly in a counterclockwise direction. But in the "old" one, with the elbow I need, the fit is too snug. If I pull the elbow up, it just jams. I could probably cut the old broken base away, but what a hassle.
Any ideas? There is a mysterious little rod on the inside of the elbow that seems to match the strip, or may even be part of the strip. They seem attached. I wonder if there's a cure that involves temperature. Are you supposed to chill or heat this rod?
Is this piece of iron a spring?
SO!! I finally made a tool to remove the screw-off washer: simply hammer two correctly-spaced nails in a piece of wood, to match two notches in the washer. insert nails into washer notches, twist wood. Worked like a charm. Then I removed, in each assembly, a spring, the flat hook piece, and the washers that sandwiched it. (The last washer required gradual ¼ turn spinning of the structure, sliding up the exposed section of the washer a tiny bit, and on and on.)
OK! Now the NEW problem. There is a mysterious narrow iron strip (or rod) that sits in a groove in the pot metal elbow, pointing skyward, and seems to be designed to keep this elbow as snug as possible in the base. On the "new" replacement base, I was able to remove the elbow by twisting it slowly but firmly in a counterclockwise direction. But in the "old" one, with the elbow I need, the fit is too snug. If I pull the elbow up, it just jams. I could probably cut the old broken base away, but what a hassle.
Any ideas? There is a mysterious little rod on the inside of the elbow that seems to match the strip, or may even be part of the strip. They seem attached. I wonder if there's a cure that involves temperature. Are you supposed to chill or heat this rod?
Is this piece of iron a spring?