[Phono-L] Edison "O" Reproducer problem

[Steve Andersen]

Steve,
I have to kindly disagree with your methodology.
  I would never enlarge a completely good carriage because it then is  
out of tolerance for perfectly good reproducers. Why make two wrongs?  
It is very simple to file material off a reproducer to make it fit!  
The odds are very great that Al's reproducer is swelled and the  
carriage is fine. I know this because I have worked on hundreds of  
Edisons going back to 1974. What if Al decides to upgrade or sell the  
machine and keep the reproducer? Now he has a machine with a cobbled  
carriage to sell.

Steve Andersen
On Jun 4, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Steven Medved wrote:

> Hi Al,
>
> Yes there is.  Some carriages have been enlarged slightly by owners  
> cleaning rust or whatever.  On my large carriages I intentionally  
> enlarged them a bit so diamond B's that are slightly swelled will  
> fit, I find it better to do this than to remove the nickel plating  
> from the pot metal reproducers.  Of my four large carriages one was  
> enlarged and three were original size.  I enlarged two of them and  
> kept one original that way slightly swelled reproducers will fit.   
> The difference is not visible to the eye, but it can be enough for  
> some reproducers to fit.
>
> Does your O have the nickel plating on the part that fits into the  
> carriage?  If so and it almost fits I recommend enlarging the  
> carriage.  If it has already been worked on you can have it  
> machined, John Nagy does excellent work.  On my carriages I used a  
> Dremel tool to enlarge them.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>> I bought an O reproducer that is pot metal. The seller said that it  
>> has > "great sound". My problem is that it will not fit in the  
>> carriage on my > Triumph.> It goes down part way and that's it. Is  
>> it possible that there is that much > of a difference between two  
>> carriages?> thanks,> Al > >  
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