11-13-2018, 03:20 PM
Thanks Russ,
Parts box here is not quite the option it might be at your shop
Your other concerns are certainly good ones.
The type of pot on which I was going to attempt repair is the '30s design with no sliding contact directly on the track - a strip of sprung steel matching the track is pressed from behind by the wiper. Presumably this was to avoid/reduce wear of the then fragile track print.
As to accuracy of the curve, perhaps this is not so important, especially for audio use. Mostly I am interested to see what can be done, purely out of curiosity. My "radio time" is purely recreational, so wasting time on this is fun. First thing I'll do is try a test setup - an easy 1/2 hour experiment on some scrap materials.
Cheers,
Ed
Parts box here is not quite the option it might be at your shop
Your other concerns are certainly good ones.
The type of pot on which I was going to attempt repair is the '30s design with no sliding contact directly on the track - a strip of sprung steel matching the track is pressed from behind by the wiper. Presumably this was to avoid/reduce wear of the then fragile track print.
As to accuracy of the curve, perhaps this is not so important, especially for audio use. Mostly I am interested to see what can be done, purely out of curiosity. My "radio time" is purely recreational, so wasting time on this is fun. First thing I'll do is try a test setup - an easy 1/2 hour experiment on some scrap materials.
Cheers,
Ed
I don't hold with furniture that talks.
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