Duo disc holder magnet ?

[lwizardl]

So my friend was fixing his FrankenDuo (long story system has been through hell and back). While doing that he lost a part and I was wondering if anyone could take a picture of the part.

laser replaced - duo nice []

i just wish i didn't loose the little bit that holds the magnet for the spindle []

i need a photo of it or something so I can build a replacement

-James

[BlueBMW]

Might be a little tricky to find just that magnet retainer... why not swap the spindle table for a self locking one thereby eliminating the need for the magnet.

[lwizardl]

good question I'll ask him that. He is located in canada anyone happen to have a spare holder ?

[Keith Courage]

A magnet for the CD spindle? Is that was you are asking about? You should be able to find something that would work in an old portable CD player. I use a spare magnet from a standard black TG16 CD drive on Duos when I am testing them.

[lwizardl]

okay I misunderstood him.

"it's not the magnet i need it's the plastic circle that holds the magnet to the lid"

[Keith Courage]

OH that sucks. I don't have any spares right now. Maybe someone else here has a broken duo where they could sell your friend the part for cheap.

[BlueBMW]

Ill check, I actually might have one.

[lwizardl]

cool BlueBMW, my friend has registered for this forum just waiting for the activation/approval step. Hopefully he will get accepted today and can chime in.

[lwizardl]

okay he is still waiting for the account approval his username is Damainman69. hopefully he will be able to join in soon 

[BlueBMW]

Havent found it yet, but I know I had a DuoR that I basically parted out (the shell was totally trashed) so somewhere I've got that ring, just need to find it.

[lwizardl]

cool thanks for taking the time to look for it, even if you haven't found it yet that is a very nice thing to do for someone. 

[damainman69]

Hey hey!

Thanks for the help and thanks for tracking down that piece for me guys! I'm looking foward to getting this old beast back into 100% working order. Somewhere in moving a million times over the past 10 years I finally lost that little circle that holds the disc clamp to the lid. I swear I've seen it recently but it's probably a trick of the mind

Anyhow - I'm in the process of sanding down the shell - I've rebuilt a few parts that were torn apart by a drunken, angry hammer. It's going to get get some flowery 80's/90's air brush treatment (pink and white LOL) in the end. I've got one piece inside that still needs a bit of attention. The bit that holds the lid spring in place is detached partially lifting the lid up by about 1mm on the right hand side, and I imagine that little bit would effect the disc spinning once the missing lid piece is replaced.

The guts are working 100% now and that's all I really care about - new laser, new caps and some bits just resoldered.

Again thanks!! Can't wait to see this thing back to the way it once was and then some!

DMM

[lwizardl]

Hey there, I see your account was activated.

This is my friend that was looking for the part.