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"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
Since working out the initial repair for the broken tabs that plague many Technics dustcovers, I've come up with a much, much simpler way to accomplish the same results. The first design, discussed here, was certainly an effective solution but the replacement pieces were pretty difficult to make, especially with hand tools like hack saws and files. That prompted me to try something much simpler.
The pieces are merely 7/8" long pieces cut from 1/8" thick 1" x 1" aluminum angle. The only other cut is to shorten one leg, the one that slots into the hinge, to 7/8". You also have to drill one hole through the leg that's screwed to the dustcover, not two as before.
As you'll see below, the hole in the dustcover is in between each of the two pairs of ribs on the back of the dustcover. The space between them is small, about 1/4", so the choice of screws is important. As it happens, the nuts for 4mm machine screws are a perfect fit, so perfect that the ribs prevent the nuts from spinning when you tighten the screws.
One screw per side is plenty strong enough. The only thing a second screw might do is prevent the hinge piece from rotating but the placement of the aluminum angle against the back and the edge of the dustcover prevent that anyway.
So, now all you guys who didn't think you could do the job yourself have a solution.
John
The pieces are merely 7/8" long pieces cut from 1/8" thick 1" x 1" aluminum angle. The only other cut is to shorten one leg, the one that slots into the hinge, to 7/8". You also have to drill one hole through the leg that's screwed to the dustcover, not two as before.
As you'll see below, the hole in the dustcover is in between each of the two pairs of ribs on the back of the dustcover. The space between them is small, about 1/4", so the choice of screws is important. As it happens, the nuts for 4mm machine screws are a perfect fit, so perfect that the ribs prevent the nuts from spinning when you tighten the screws.
One screw per side is plenty strong enough. The only thing a second screw might do is prevent the hinge piece from rotating but the placement of the aluminum angle against the back and the edge of the dustcover prevent that anyway.
So, now all you guys who didn't think you could do the job yourself have a solution.
John
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