Brown action blueprint.

[gordon stelter]

Yes, I'd be interested. I need to send you one of
those Knabe rocker capstans to see if you have any of
them also lying around your "playpen", so I'll send
you a few $$$ for copying costs, and postage.
    What I'm wondering here is this: my shanks have
the wooden plats, not the lovely "thumbtacks", which
are ( allegedly, and logically ) from the later
models. Sooooooooooo, could the brass plaque screwed
into the side of the rosewood case claiming this thing
is from 1886 be wrong, must it be older than that? 
Does anyone know when the transition to the wooden
plats to the "thumbtacks" was made ???? I do know one
thing, though: it was made because it allowed hammer
height adjustment, and because the woden plats wear. 
Several of mine are distorted, andc will need filling
with epoxy, and lubrication.
    Happy day!
     Thump
 
     
--- Joe Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote:

> The Thumper asked: "P.S. II---I have a LOT of
> wood-to-felt
> friction/contact/mechanical junctures to lube in
> this
> Chickering Brown action I'm rebuilding. What,
> please,
> is your preferred stuff for coating jack tips and
> such"
> 
> Thumper,
> I prefer Emralon. Which is nothing more than
> MicroFine Teflon in a Lacquer Base. Medium thickness
> of the lacquer, is my preference.
> BTW, I was, (Horrors!), cleaning up my "play
> pen"/Shop and (re)discovered a large BluePrint of
> the Brown Action!! It is for the "newer" one, that
> has the "Thumbtack" in the hammer shank. I have a
> copy of it, if you are interested. (Kinkos was able
> to copy it. It is large.<G>)
> Regards,
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I




		
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