WAX MASTER (in
electroplating device)
Complements artifact. This was
used the record press make duplicates.
Al Wurth was the electroplating expert the laboratory and would have
supervised this work.Table Electroplating Records. The result was a
perfect negative impression the recording groove, called matrix.
BRUSHES, (on table) Used clean wax from
copper surface. Use EDIS 14330 through
14335.
VACUUM PUMP (on table) Figure 29. This equipment for disc records was successor the method
of gold plating cylinder masters that had been successfully developed the
laboratory from 1888-1903. The master
was first copper plated, and then nickel plated top this thin layer form a
durable surface. The electroplating equipment shown this
table represents the method Edison devised make numerous duplicates of
master recordings.
ELECTROPLATING
DEVICE (on table)
Figure 29. the
production process thin layer graphite was brushed onto the wax master. Attach vacuum pump.
The plating was done hard rubber baths with anodes inside them. Use EDIS 2077.
Both these methods gave the surface the disc electroconductive surface.
Acquire.
208
. Use EDIS 376. Use E-159-5.
EDIS collection reproduce. The wax was removed and the surface cleaned.
TOOTHBRUSHES, Used plating. Use EDIS 23181 (copper
plated mold) and EDIS 24845
(copper master mold). Use EDIS 14425 through
14428.
Object and Location Evidence Recommendation
Table 2
LAB TABLE (in place) Figure 29.
GRAPHITE (in six glass jars) Used plating. The cylinder disc was placed inside vacuum and
small particles gold "spluttered" while the disc cylinder revolved.
KNIFE, sharp (on table) Used trim "flash," pieces
of material protruding over
the edges the mold.
MOLDS, one copper-plated
and one copper-master (next
to wax master)
Complements artifact
