[78-L] 14" Pathes.

[Don Chichester]

I affixed my pen tip ball (easy to drop!) using Duco cement on a Shure shaft from which I had taken the worn tip.  I believe my ball was steel, however.  Easily determined.  Good luck!
 
Don
 
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:15:15 +0000
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 14" Pathes.
> 
> But those pen tips are aluminum....which (AFAIK) can't be soldered....
> 
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:
> 
> > From: "DanKj" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
> > > For fun, here's a bit of an inside-start Pathe (Dutch, says the maker of
> > > the file) played with the steel ball from a PEN,
> > > glued onto a regular lp stylus. He must have very steady hands..
> > >
> > This would seem (to me) to be quite possible...?! Sadly, I can't cite the
> > dimensions of the
> > spherical end of a Pathe stylus...however, it is very possible that it
> > would
> > match the
> > dimensions of the "business end" (both literally and actually) of a
> > ball-point pen. Note
> > however that pens come in a variety of sizes...all the way down to "Very
> > Fine!"
> > Agreed, if this party could solder the tip of a pen onto a phonograph
> > needle, he
> > is WAY ahead of me in "manual dexterity"...!?
> >
> > Steven C. Barr
> >
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