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Man, slow typing will kill me yet!

phonogfp wrote:

gramophone78 wrote:It appears the governor springs are going through the friction disc on one and not the other.

Actually, the governor springs go through both flanges on all three machines. It doesn't show very well in the second photo with the machine on the left, but they're all alike in that respect.

George P.

Thanks George, I could only make out this on the one machine.However, a screw or eyelet could also be just a QC issue or whatever was on hand while trying to pump these out (like at Xmas). It could have very well been changed by a past owner.
Hard to say.... .

Well, gee - - that fun didn't last very long!

By the way, I saw a German national flag waving for a moment and had to chuckle.

George P.

George,

One comment I was going to post before the "fray" began was; what a year for you, between having three of these super rare Echophones in your home, but the 4 ultra rare ISM's!

Life is good!

Fran

P.S. And; The Germans are winning everything this year! (sorry, no futbol smilie)

phonogfp wrote:By the way, I saw a German national flag waving for a moment and had to chuckle.

George P.

I did not want to exaggerate ...

The mandrel on the left appears to be gutta-percha, on the right looks to be metal.

George,

Is your friend's machine the one that recently turned-up on e-Bay ?

De Soto Frank wrote:George,

Is your friend's machine the one that recently turned-up on e-Bay ?

It is indeed.

George P.

CDBPDX wrote:The mandrel on the left appears to be gutta-percha, on the right looks to be metal.

Nope - they're both gutta percha.

George P.