drbones Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I've asked around at a couple of shops which support this forum and can't seem to locate replacement buttons for my circa 1956 Wheatstone. I'm sure they're plastic. I'm hoping someone might have an idea where I can find a few. I appologize if I've asked this before, I'm not sure. My memory's not what it used to be. . . what was the question?? Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I've asked around at a couple of shops which support this forum and can't seem to locate replacement buttons for my circa 1956 Wheatstone. I'm sure they're plastic. I'm hoping someone might have an idea where I can find a few. I appologize if I've asked this before, I'm not sure. My memory's not what it used to be. . . what was the question?? Thanks for any help Have you tried Concertina Spares? http://www.concertina-spares.com/catalogue.htm Thanks Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbones Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks, Leo. I've emailed the pics to him in hopes they will be enough so I don't have to disassemble it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HallelujahAl! Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) How many do you need? Edited July 16, 2010 by HallelujahAl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) I've asked around at a couple of shops which support this forum and can't seem to locate replacement buttons for my circa 1956 Wheatstone. I'm sure they're plastic. I'm hoping someone might have an idea where I can find a few. I appologize if I've asked this before, I'm not sure. My memory's not what it used to be. . . what was the question?? Thanks for any help Have you tried Wheatstone Spares Edited July 17, 2010 by Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Dr. Bones, those buttons should be identified as the Mahogany Wheatstone buttons from the 1953 to 1956 era. I will contact a friend in South Africa who may have a spare button or two. If one can not be located then I can ask Willie van Wyk who designs buttons from a certain fibreglass epoxy resin - in almost any colour - from ivory white to ruby red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbones Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 Many thanks for everyone's help. I've ordered the buttons from Concertina Spares. I only needed 2 so I ordered 4 as back-ups. I'll keep your other suggestions in mind should I need other parts. What a nice, friendly, helpful forum this is!....even t'wards Pirates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdms Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Resurrecting this thread for a similar problem: I've had a button break across the hole for the lever on my 1953 Wheatstone Aeola. It's a seldom-used button, so its loss doesn't affect my playing, but that also makes it a bit surprising that it did break...there's another visible crack in the plastic, so I'm thinking I ought to inspect all the buttons to see if any of the others are about to let go. It could be that I'll need to replace not one but several buttons. So: Concertina Spares is a proven source, but overseas (I'm in the Boston area). I have an email in to Doug Creighton at the Button Box, but in case he doesn't have anything handy, does anyone have any notions for a source of replacement buttons that I can get with only domestic shipping charges? Joshua Mackay-Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdms Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Problem solved: two buttons (one to replace the broken one, one to keep as a spare) are on their way to me from the Button Box. I inspected the rest of the ones on the instrument to make sure no more were developing any alarming cracks. None of them is, but one has been repaired and another is a whittled wooden replacement (under a metal cap like all the others--presumably the original...) (edited for grammar and word choice) Edited May 3, 2012 by jdms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Loen Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Obviously replacement buttons are difficult to find. What about turning a new button on a small wood lathe? Looks pretty simple. Then drill holes, join them, and lengthen them using a rat tail file. Could use plain maple or boxwood. I have also turned corian (synthetic countertop material). Turning white plastic should be possible, and stock is available from Tap plastic stores. Wood might have a slightly different feel than the original (perhaps nicer than plastic?). Just a thought. Jeff (who likes to make pens on a small wood lathe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdms Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I might have considered it--I have no experience with wood-turning myself, but I know a few wood-turners--but this particular instrument has metal-capped plastic buttons, which means anything I had turned would look a bit different. I might try something one of these days and fit the metal cap from the broken button to the result. I now have the buttons from the Button Box, though--very quick service, that--and so have no pressing need to experiment. jdms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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