rebuilding wippens

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 98-10-20 11:01:56 EDT, you write:

<< I've read a couple of articles by Rappaport and Spurlock about
 rebuilding wippens, Seeing the cost of them, $600+ with the factor that I
 am restoring a 1920's Ampico system, wouldn't the value for original parts
 be more than replacing them?
 
 	If anyone has ever rebuilt wippens and had positive results please
 respond, I would like to know about how long it takes to weigh in  the
 economics of whether to do myself or just buy the new part.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Eliot Lee >>


This comes down to whether you want your customer to pay your time to restore
the wippens, or to pay the price of new ones. If replacement parts are
available, and can be used, in my opinion, it would be better if you bought
new ones. It will save you a considerable amount of time, which you can use
that time to make money doing something else. 

Wim