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I am currently working on a Victor II from around 1906. I was surprised that when I removed the motor from the motor board that the washers in between were rubber, not felt. I always thought that Victor always used felt washers, even late into the Victrola days. Could it be that they used rubber washers in 1906, or is it more likely that someone replaced them sometime since?
Thanks for any insight.
Andreas
Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
My Vic VI has felt washers as do other machines I own. Sounds like yours may have been replaced with the rubber variety.
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
Ditto for my VV-XI: felt washersnovkev24 wrote:My Vic VI has felt washers as do other machines I own. Sounds like yours may have been replaced with the rubber variety.
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
All mine have felt. However they are later than the Victor II.
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
Thanks everyone. That's what I thought as well. I guess I'll have to make myself some felt washers.
Andreas
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FloridaClay
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
Just Google "felt washers." I easily found some almost exact duplicates for very little. (Unfortunatley I didn't keep the URL though.)alang wrote:Thanks everyone. That's what I thought as well. I guess I'll have to make myself some felt washers.
Andreas
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Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
I just use a punch and make my own from a sheet of felt.
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Re: Felt or rubber washers on Victor?
Interesting that eveyone has found felt washers. My Victor III...and it's an early III..had ossified rubber washers. But it might have been serviced at some point. I don't mean by a collector, I mean in the acoustic era. Similarly I have had two Victrola VI's with rubber washers as well.