When you say machine marks on the main body, do you mean from a lathe tool, from a file, or from sandpaper?
The emitter head spins freely. It is secured (by two allen screws at the end) to an internal rod that runs down into the chamber where the motor was. At this point the rod's only purpose is holding the emitter on. At one point a rod would have run from here to the motor, and I imagine both the emitter and blade were secured to it. There is gaffer's tape over the joint where the emitter connects to the main body, theoretically to prevent it from spinning (probably added for ROJ.)
The cone knob didn't come from the record player that supplied the Imperial disc greeblies? I thought I read somewhere that it did.
I hope Brandon you're okay with me taking the liberty to enhance your initial photographs shown at SWC, altered slightly in PS by means of some colour correction and straightening, using only the pictures shown earlier in this thread . . . if not I'll take them down per request
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz258/Sym-Cha/V2-ROTJ-04_zps2ncorfbz.jpg
And the lever and activation board :
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz258/Sym-Cha/V2-ROTJ-03_zps8medxxil.jpg
Chaim
I've always been of the mind that it's better to ask for clarification than try to interpret someones words. So, Brandon could you shed some light on thd9791's question about the rings please?-snip
About the grips - the spacing between each silver ring is not exactly even, but the silver rings themselves are a consistent width all the way around.
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Very best,
Brandon
I think, correct me if I'm wrong, Brandon meant the rings diameter was all the same, but the spaces were still wonky?
also a bunch of those silver leads on the card don't go anywhere!
Could those top 2 strips be silver? They look lighter, but almost a corroded, green-ish color?