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Re: Edison duncan stop reproducer
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:16 pm
by Tpapp54321
Back again,
Yesterday I contacted George Vollema to see if he had the little metal piece that plugs into the reproducer, he didn't. So does anyone have any ideas on what I could use as the pin for the duncan stop till I track down an original? Many thanks.
-Tom
Re: Edison duncan stop reproducer
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:24 pm
by martinola
Edisone wrote:
Prolly rusted solidly together! Yes, it should unscrew but it's been 30 years (gack) since I took mine apart the first time & I don't remember how. It was a struggle, I do remember that much. I may have bent a screwdriver to fit in that space, then held the block in a bench vise so I could use both hands on the screwdriver.
I'm not sure if this would help, but I was able to modify an offset screwdriver with a bench grinder. This particular screwdriver design was beefy enough to give some needed torque. It's a Husky pro 544-238 with the small phillips blade (and part of the handle itself) ground down for clearance. Here's a link to it on Home Depot's site:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-1-2-in ... /100038024
Here are photos of my modification.
- offset_scr_wide.jpg (275.19 KiB) Viewed 961 times
- offset_scr_ground_off_end.jpg (297.34 KiB) Viewed 961 times
It was still hard to get that screw to loosen and I still had to soak it in PB Blaster for a few days, but this screw driver did the trick.
Regards,
Martin
Re: Edison duncan stop reproducer
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:33 pm
by martinola
Tpapp54321 wrote:Back again,
Yesterday I contacted George Vollema to see if he had the little metal piece that plugs into the reproducer, he didn't. So does anyone have any ideas on what I could use as the pin for the duncan stop till I track down an original? Many thanks.
-Tom
Tom,
You might try searching some antique radio or telephone parts dealers for that connector. I'm pretty sure I've seen some in the past.
Regards,
Martin