12-02-2011, 08:02 PM
Wow, Tubular Bob's set even has the hard-to-find original three-post De Luxe changer, built by Webster-Chicago. 
The trouble with those changers, as Doug Houston and Gib Epling at West-Tech have told me, is that the pot metal parts used had the problem of crumbling away over time, rendering the changer useless.
My 41-616 was missing its original changer when I bought it. I've decided not to bother trying to get an original; I will be substituting a 1942 Philco BOL changer instead, pulled from a dead 42-1010. The 1942 changers use a solenoid to trip the reject mechanism, as did the 1941 De Luxe three-post changers; so I will be able to make the changer reject records with the far right button and with the Mystery Control, as original.
I was hoping to get my 41-616 playing in time for Christmas, but as it is now December 2 and I haven't started on it yet, that probably isn't going to happen in time for this Christmas. Replacing all of that wonderful rubber insulation is going to be quite a job, not to mention the 18,492 capacitors in that thing. Maybe I'll have it done in time for my birthday (April) instead.
But we're not answering your question about feet, are we, Mark?
I seriously doubt that any detailed drawings of the feet exist. I could try to photograph a close-up of one of the feet on my 41-616, and could supply dimensions, but that's about all I can do.
The trouble with those changers, as Doug Houston and Gib Epling at West-Tech have told me, is that the pot metal parts used had the problem of crumbling away over time, rendering the changer useless.
My 41-616 was missing its original changer when I bought it. I've decided not to bother trying to get an original; I will be substituting a 1942 Philco BOL changer instead, pulled from a dead 42-1010. The 1942 changers use a solenoid to trip the reject mechanism, as did the 1941 De Luxe three-post changers; so I will be able to make the changer reject records with the far right button and with the Mystery Control, as original.
I was hoping to get my 41-616 playing in time for Christmas, but as it is now December 2 and I haven't started on it yet, that probably isn't going to happen in time for this Christmas. Replacing all of that wonderful rubber insulation is going to be quite a job, not to mention the 18,492 capacitors in that thing. Maybe I'll have it done in time for my birthday (April) instead.
But we're not answering your question about feet, are we, Mark?
I seriously doubt that any detailed drawings of the feet exist. I could try to photograph a close-up of one of the feet on my 41-616, and could supply dimensions, but that's about all I can do.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
