Re: How to rebuild a orthophonic reproducer any help? :)
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:24 pm
Walt Sommers does an excellent job of rebuilding
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How does one ever learn to do anything if it's not recommended that one attempt anythingspin78's wrote:Unless you've done a rebuild on one of these before, I would not recommend attempting it
One way is to watch someone else do it.Retrograde wrote:How does one ever learn to do anything if it's not recommended that one attempt anythingspin78's wrote:Unless you've done a rebuild on one of these before, I would not recommend attempting it
That's basically what I tried to stress, some 15 or more years ago, when I wrote the article on Tim Gracyk's site -- http://www.gracyk.com/orthosound.shtmlEdisone wrote: I'm wondering if it even needs "rebuilding" (I put that in quotes because replacing some gaskets and adjusting a couple of bearings is not rebuilding anything)
Me neither. According to one source I've read (Welch & Read?) they were "paper-backed rubber gaskets." Interestingly, all of the dozen or so I've looked at over the past 30 years were still pliable.Edisone wrote:Also, I have yet to see an Orthophonic with rubber gaskets. Don't they all have paper coated with shiny black stuff? (tar? asphaltic paint?) The thin diaphragm is meant to be clamped at the edges while the center flexes.
Odeon wrote:Hi,
my Orthophonic reproducer isn´t one of those with a magnetic needle bar, so the bearings are hold in place with a little ferrule. Over this I made out of teflon band ( water installations equipment )my own new rubbers.
Sorry, I haven´t a digicam - so no photos !
By the way, I´m the guy with the cigarette smoke.... don´t start smoking just because of a soundbox![]()
Did you saw this thread ?
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