09-07-2016, 09:13 PM
I received a 12" 78 rpm transcription disc in the mail today, and was going to give it a quick spin in my 46-1201. I opened the door, slid in the record, closed the door, and....nothing. Yes I had the radio plugged in and turned on. I thought the record player motor died on me, so I took off the bottom cover and this little piece of what looked like copper shim stock came tumbling out at me. Turns out the little 'flipper' that tilts the mercury switch when you open and close the door (thus starting and stopping the phono motor) broke off!
Now what am I going to do?
Well, I saw it was held on by tiny rivets so I carefully drilled them out, found the other piece of copper shim stock that was still held in by the rivets, and traced out a new one out of brass shim stock I had on hand. Cut it out with a heavy duty scissors (it's less than .010" thick), then drilled out the holes to accommodate 1/8" rivets I had on hand and riveted the newly made brass flipper in place. It worked! In less than an hour I had it back up and running, listening to the sounds of Lucky Strike presenting Kay Kyser on my newly found transcription record
Now what am I going to do?
Well, I saw it was held on by tiny rivets so I carefully drilled them out, found the other piece of copper shim stock that was still held in by the rivets, and traced out a new one out of brass shim stock I had on hand. Cut it out with a heavy duty scissors (it's less than .010" thick), then drilled out the holes to accommodate 1/8" rivets I had on hand and riveted the newly made brass flipper in place. It worked! In less than an hour I had it back up and running, listening to the sounds of Lucky Strike presenting Kay Kyser on my newly found transcription record
