[sdiy] Tube Echoplex repair question

[Ian Fritz]

At 11:03 AM 5/29/05, mikei at marketbridge.ca wrote:
>Thanks  Ian,
>I think the flat spring will have to be around 4" - 5" long total - it
>appears (just a guess) that one end of the spring is wrapped around a
>metal post to hold it in place, makes a gentle arc around another post
>(guessing again), with the felt attached to the free end, pressing the
>tape against a aluminum pulley just before it is sent to the tape heads.
>Have no idea what kind of metal was used originally, or for that
>matter even if it was metal...  phosphor-bronze perhaps?
>Cheers, Mike


I got a 6" x 2' piece of scrap phosphor bronze from the local "steel" 
distributer fairly inexpensively.  A handy thing to have around over the years!