Duaine Hechler wrote: > it takes a lot of time, SKILL and PATIENCE to rebuild one of these. Yea, I know. I did a lot of player work the first 20 years, and an Ampico A just last year. > 11) a "force fit" collar - NOT reusable - and - getting hard to find Beg to differ. They're brass, and malleable. The first year in business, I made a punch to swage the hole back in to a drive fit, and have successfully re-used them ever since. Years later, a clock repairman told me he used something virtually identical to restore worn bearings in old clocks. Skill, patience, and resourcefulnesses. Ron N
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