[Vintage-Audio] Re Feet For Teac A-5500

Tue May 28 23:54:00 2002

Ah. I see what you mean. I never thought that they would stick out from the
sides like that. You can`t make some nice stainless steel plates and put
your feet on the ends? Anyway just an idea, Good luck with your hunt Duane.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Feet For Teac A-5500


> I do not think so Rick. These are a special design that protrude nearly an
inch
> beyond the unit, never seen a microwave with feet like that. These are
designed
> to counterbalance the top heavy weight of the three motors.
>
> ----------
> From: Rick Gouge  VER7RiK <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Feet For Teac A-5500
> Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:00 PM
>
> Duane. You can find feet for your recorder off of microwaves. There are
tons
> of them being throwen out everyday and some of those puppies are heavey.
You
> can find all kinds of different feet on them , so i`am sure you will find
> the ones that look like a match pretty easy. Good hunting. Rick VE7RiK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 3:43 PM
> Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Feet For Teac A-5500
>
>
> >
> >
> > The service manual gives the measurements for the two feet that support
> the 55
> > pounds of weight when the Teac A-5500 is vertically positioned. Last
> evening a
> > friend of mine, a retired tool and die man,  made some drawings and is
> going to
> > recreate the feet for me. It seems they were glued into place. One
wonders
> if
> > those pegs were wooden or metal?
> >
> > Thanks to all for your help.
> >
> > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> >
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