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unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:23 pm
by kirtley2012
as is usual with phonographs the 2 minute gears on my edison fireside are VERY worn so i am after some new gears let me know if anyone has anything to offer
Alex
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 pm
by edison11
Alex,what gear are you refering to? If I have what you need you can have it for only the cost of postage. Robert
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:11 pm
by penman
There's a set on ebay right now
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:59 am
by kirtley2012
edison11 wrote:Alex,what gear are you refering to? If I have what you need you can have it for only the cost of postage. Robert
Thanks robert! I was talking about the gears to change from 2 to 4 minute on the upper section of the fireside, I.e the gear you pull out and push in to change the speed and the smaller gear behind that gear!
Alex
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:38 am
by Valecnik
This might be what you need. I don't know about the pricing and it would be much better to take Robert up on his kind offer first if you find he has what you are looking for.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EDISON-FIRESIDE ... 2ebd80b164
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:30 am
by kirtley2012
Thanks! And yeah that is exactly what I need! However I do not neccessaraly need the shafts, I can salvage them from the worn gears I currently have on there so I onlt need the acctual gears
Thanks!
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:34 pm
by kirtley2012
i am still looking for some gears alone, here are the worn gears from my fireside, they work fine but the noise from them is driving me insain!
please note, if you have any i cannot pay straight away, even at my age i have still managed to find myself oweing alot of money to someone for a phonograph (what am i like!
) so if you have any unworn, quiet ones then i will add it to the list of things i want to buy!
Alex
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:07 am
by antique1973
The gear teeth appear to be good from the picture. I had a pesky "click click click" sound from my Fireside
and I could not tell where it was coming from. I sprayed all the moving parts (except the belt of course) with "Ultra lube" and its dead quiet now. I can barely hear it running. If you can get that stuff in the UK give it a try.
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:12 am
by kirtley2012
i have tried everything with these! including covering all the gears with wd-40, grease and vaseline but they are still quite noisy!
Re: unworn edison fireside model A 2/4 min gears wanted
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:23 am
by Lucius1958
kirtley2012 wrote:i have tried everything with these! including covering all the gears with wd-40, grease and vaseline but they are still quite noisy!
Have you checked for burrs? Sometimes a little work with a jeweler's file can smooth things out.