RE-NICKELING

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:42 pm

Does anyone have experience re-chroming a mandrel? I have 2 that need it.

winsleydale · Post by **winsleydale** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:10 pm

Re-nickeling, yes, but chrome plating was not in use yet at the time these machines were produced. You can buy nickel plating kits, which should give acceptable results if you properly prep and polish the mandrels first. Otherwise, I see people sending things to a place called Nashville Plating a lot.

Post by **Lucius1958** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:34 pm

Eric Reiss also has a section on home plating in his Compleat Talking Machine, if you have the resources to put together the equipment and supplies.

Bill

Post by **Phono48** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:52 am

My advice would be to send it to be done professionally. To do it yourself you need to get the remaining nickel (not chrome!) off, and the bare metal must be polished to a mirror finish, or the new plating will emphasise any tiny remaining scratches. Very difficult to do!

FloridaClay · Post by **FloridaClay** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:50 am

I have used both Nashville Plating http://www.nashvilleplatingservice.com/ and Victrola Repair Service http://victrolarepairservice.com/

Either can give you an antiqued nickel finish and do a decent job. Of the two I lean a little more toward Victrola Repair Service. They know more about how phonograph parts age and leave just enough imperfections, at least in my experience. Neither is cheap though. You may want to experiments yourself. If it does not turn out well you can always send it away.

Clay

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:25 pm

Does anyone know how the mandrel comes off the feed screw?

phonogfp · Post by **phonogfp** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:52 pm

Amberola wrote:Does anyone know how the mandrel comes off the feed screw?

It's pressed on. You don't need to remove it. The mandrel and feedscrew/mainshaft are removable as a single unit. Just remove the upper pulley and you can then CAREFULLY move the feedscrew through the stanchion.

George P.

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:36 am

phonogfp wrote:
Amberola wrote:Does anyone know how the mandrel comes off the feed screw?
It's pressed on. You don't need to remove it. The mandrel and feedscrew/mainshaft are removable as a single unit. Just remove the upper pulley and you can then CAREFULLY move the feedscrew through the stanchion.

George P.

Thanks George,
I talked with Rod and he said to send it with the feed screw on it. I am going to get the nickel off and send it to him.

ambrola · Post by **ambrola** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:47 pm

After some work on the brush, then polishing, this mandrel looks like new. What I thought was brass coming
through was rust?

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winsleydale · Post by **winsleydale** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:49 am

One o' them fancy, grooved mandrels...

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