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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] M400 power switch

From: john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-06-20

It's a Bulgin Switch.  I thought Polyurethane was a foam.  Acrylic was around in 1970, but yes, it could be a transparent polystyrene.  Someone turned up about seven of these things on ebay a couple of years ago.  They were the complete switch.  It's the only reason I have a little red cap now.  I think they went for between $20 and $25 each.  If you could keep the cost low enough, I'm sure you could sell all you wished to produce.


On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
 

I am tempted to make a mold of the red plastic part and cast one under
pressure out of polyurethane-I'm guessing the originals were styrene but
maybe acrylic (possibly too early for that material, can't remember). I've
been making missing keys and other parts for my weird little collections
in this way so why not a switch top?


--
john barrick

∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗