Wanted: Trying to find a crank for a new collector
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:14 am
I have discovered something extremely rare. A new collector, young, no grey hair. She has several phonographs, nothing rare but has a desire to bring them all back to life herself! I'm going to coach her on restoration. She needs a crank for a portable she has picked up. It is a German Electrola portable that is a copy of the Columbia portable with the swing out needle holder on the front of the case. Unfortunately, the Germans changed the crank size and made it bigger than the Columbia crank. Before I make an adapter, I thought I would see if any of you guys and gals have one.
In the pictures you can see the inside of the crank hole. It is about 1 ¼" deep and the circular part of it is about 0.36" in diameter. It should be about 3" to the bend and about 3" from the bend to the end of the knob. Like the Columbia crank that has indents in the crank main shaft. In the pictures you an see the mating ridges where it slides in.
The pictures show the pattern. If you have something like this let me know.
Thanks,
Ken Danckaert
In the pictures you can see the inside of the crank hole. It is about 1 ¼" deep and the circular part of it is about 0.36" in diameter. It should be about 3" to the bend and about 3" from the bend to the end of the knob. Like the Columbia crank that has indents in the crank main shaft. In the pictures you an see the mating ridges where it slides in.
The pictures show the pattern. If you have something like this let me know.
Thanks,
Ken Danckaert