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Old 5th May 2019, 8:14 pm   #81
Ted Kendall
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Default Re: Ferrograph 4A: Restoration advice needed

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Originally Posted by Uncle Bulgaria View Post
On mine the screws are not tensioned...adding washers as shims seems the only option. From the quality of the rest of the machine, this lack of precision seems unlikely!
Apologies - touch of brain fade. I'd say shimming is the way to go. The Ferro has never struck me as a particularly precision device, more a design centred on dependability, which given its origin as Admiralty-specified equipment, would make sense. That, and the fact that it was conceived when the sub-studio state of the art otherwise was the Brush Soundmirror...
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