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The wire basket cap of my Beyer M-160 keeps falling off. I am afraid of damaging the ribbons. How should the be reattached? There aren't any threads that I can see. There is a marker dot on it but I don't know what it means.

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/4/2016 4:18 PM, wrote:
The wire basket cap of my Beyer M-160 keeps falling off. I am afraid
of damaging the ribbons. How should the be reattached? There aren't
any threads that I can see. There is a marker dot on it but I don't
know what it means.

The top and bottom sections of the basket are held together with two
very, very tiny screws. The one you describe as a marker dot is one
screw with red paint over it to keep it from falling out. There's a
second screw that's opposite it which (at least on mine) isn't painted
over. If the basket keeps falling apart, you've probably lost both screws.

When I lost a couple of those screws about 15 years ago, I called Beyer
and they sent me some. I don't know if they're that friendly any more,
but you can try.




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[JackA]

On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 4:59:16 PM UTC-4, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 11/4/2016 4:18 PM, wrote:
The wire basket cap of my Beyer M-160 keeps falling off. I am afraid
of damaging the ribbons. How should the be reattached? There aren't
any threads that I can see. There is a marker dot on it but I don't
know what it means.

The top and bottom sections of the basket are held together with two
very, very tiny screws. The one you describe as a marker dot is one
screw with red paint over it to keep it from falling out. There's a
second screw that's opposite it which (at least on mine) isn't painted
over. If the basket keeps falling apart, you've probably lost both screws.

When I lost a couple of those screws about 15 years ago, I called Beyer
and they sent me some. I don't know if they're that friendly any more,
but you can try.




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No screws shown here....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbJuq58d58

Jack

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/4/2016 5:15 PM, JackA wrote:
No screws shown here....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbJuq58d58

I don't see a "marker dot" there. Mine has screws, one of which could be
mistaken for a "marker dot." That mic has a long history and no doubt
there have been some production changes over the years.

If his doesn't have screws, then perhaps, like the one in the video, the
top grill is just glued in place.

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If his doesn't have screws, then perhaps, like the one in the video, the
top grill is just glued in place.


It appears to be glued. What kind of glue would you use to reattach it?

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/4/2016 6:24 PM, wrote:
It appears to be glued. What kind of glue would you use to reattach it?

Something that you can take apart. Maybe rubber cement? You'll want to
clean off all the old glue carefully, and don't get any shavings drop
into the capsule assembly.

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[Phil Allison[_4_]]

Mike Rivers wrote:



I don't see a "marker dot" there. Mine has screws, one of which could be
mistaken for a "marker dot." That mic has a long history and no doubt
there have been some production changes over the years.

If his doesn't have screws, then perhaps, like the one in the video, the
top grill is just glued in place.



** I feel like I have seen an M160, decades ago, that had tiny screws.

But try hard as I might, I could find no pic on the net that showed any - must be a rare example of the beast.

OTOH - all the M260s pics I saw showed such screws.

FYI: I recall one of my customers in the mid 1970s was very pleased with his M160, using for close vocals. He performed Neil Diamond tributes (one man out) in clubs up and down the east coast of Australia and managed to look and sound the part too. The huge proximity effect of the M160 was crucial to the latter.


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** I would not use that sig file ....


..... Phil

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/5/2016 4:24 AM, Phil Allison wrote:
** I feel like I have seen an M160, decades ago, that had tiny screws.

But try hard as I might, I could find no pic on the net that showed any - must be a rare example of the beast.

Here's a rare picture. Use it responsibly.

http://i.imgur.com/DWJUNFO.jpg

I don't have a camera that's particularly good with close-ups, but
that's a screw. You can see a little trace of red paint, so it may have
been removed before I got the mic. If you can find a Beyer mic dating
web site, this one is serial number 6839. I have two (the other has
screws as well), have had them for over 20 years, and they were used
when I got them.

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[Scott Dorsey]

In article , Mike Rivers wrote:
On 11/4/2016 6:24 PM, wrote:
It appears to be glued. What kind of glue would you use to reattach it?

Something that you can take apart. Maybe rubber cement? You'll want to
clean off all the old glue carefully, and don't get any shavings drop
into the capsule assembly.

My M160 and M130 both have screws holding the thing on, but my M260 is
glued.

I would use a contact cement. Ask your auto parts dealer about 3M emblem
adhesive, which is a clear and effective flexible urethane contact cement.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Tom P[_2_]]

I would use a contact cement. Ask your auto parts dealer about 3M emblem
adhesive, which is a clear and effective flexible urethane contact cement.

I put it little superglue on it. The mic never leaves my home studio so it should hold.