Ep. 51 - Strawberry Shortcake Snow Globe Music Box Mechanism Repair - Rust, Barrel Transfer

Today we have a video that was inspired by a subscriber comment. Thanks to DarkenedCharliXo! In today's video we repair the music box mechanism in the Strawberry Shortcake snow globe that we repaired in Ep 45. (   • Ep. 45 - Strawberry Shortcake Snow Gl...  ). I did not realize that the music box was not working until after we reassembled the base. In the video I mentioned that I would just replace it with a spare music box mechanisms later. Our subscriber brought to our attention that the mechanism may play a song that is specific to the theme of the globe. Most of the music mechanism issues we see are with Christmas themed globes and they usually play a Christmas song so we just got into the habit of swapping out the mechanism. We had no idea what song this mechanism played since the music comb teeth were fused together by rust and corrosion. In this case we decided to see if we could save the original song. We learned a couple of things doing this that will make it much easier to repair these mechanisms going forward which we show in the video. It would have really helped had we known this when we repaired the the mechanism in Ep. 17 Santa's Living Room (   • Ep.17 - "Santa's Living Room" Snow Gl...  ). We soaked the mechanism in vinegar to remove the rust and corrosion. Once the rust and corrosion was eaten away there was just enough metal left to play the song once before the comb flew apart and the regulator snapped. The music barrel survived and after two replacement mechanisms and three combs later we recovered the song. The name of the song is.... You'll have watch the video!!!
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Some Helpful Links:
Ep. 3 The Snow Globe Repair Tool Kit -    • Ep. 3 - The Snow Globe Repair Tool ki...  
Snowdomes.com - https://www.snowdomes.com/category/Ma...
National Artcraft - https://www.nationalartcraft.com/grou...
The Music Box Company - http://themusicboxcompany.com/