Ron: The rubber cup is a friction fit into a concave depression needle cup (applied metal cup?). Any that I have seen is not round on the top rim but elongated so that the reproducer will be cradled securely while the machine is moved. On the outside edge of the rubber cup is a depression w/ small center hole to allow the disposal of used needles. They fall through and collect under the rubber cup in the metal needle cup onto which the rubber cup is attached.
I have a picture I can send to your personal address to verify that we are talking about the same thing. Issues I wonder about: 1. Was the rubber cup originally round rather than elongated? 2. Have you tried soaking your nice but hardened example in brake fluid? That liquid has worked wonders on hardened rubber parts from my old cars and electric fans. 3. If someone wanted to reproduce this item (at high mold making cost), would there be a market for it knowing that it would cost about as much as the whole machine is worth? Regards, GrnMountain Bill On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Ron L'Herault <lhera...@bu.edu> wrote: > I saw the original post. Are you talking about the metal banded thing with > the depression on one side (where the needle bar would go?) and which sat > in > a flat-bottomed, cup-like depression in the portable's motorboard? I've > got > one that I think is still the right size and shape but it has hardened up > with age. I'd love to see a repro as well. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] > On > Behalf Of William Zucca > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:40 PM > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Suitcase rubber reproducer receptacle > > Dear Phonolisters: > > I haven't seen any reply to my query about whether anyone has reproduced a > Victor Suitcase rubber reproducer/used needle receptacle. Perhaps no one > has, but I am worried that my posting never made it out to the list for > everyone to see. > > Has anyone seen such a thing offered for sale? > > Regards, > GrnMountainBill > > PS: Happy Deepsnow Day! Here in the mountains there is about 25" of > beautiful white snow on the ground with sparkling airborne silver flakes > glistening in the midwinter sunshine. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
