Norelco shaver brushes

[David Lesher]

My long-time Rototrak razor needs brushes. 15 years ago, I
bought new ones but now shaver repair seems to have gone the way
of buggy whips.

I bought a new Norelco but it was a all-plastic toy vs. mine; I
returned it.

Any suggestions on where to look for brushes?
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[Jeff Liebermann]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:26:23 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:

My long-time Rototrak razor needs brushes. 15 years ago, I
bought new ones but now shaver repair seems to have gone the way
of buggy whips.

I bought a new Norelco but it was a all-plastic toy vs. mine; I
returned it.

Any suggestions on where to look for brushes?

It would be helpful if you spelled Rotatract correctly and supplied an
exact model number. There are allegedly only two size brushes:
<http://shaveroutlet.com/shaver-replacement-parts/norelco-philips-carbon-brushes-set-p-307.html>
<http://shaveroutlet.com/shaver-replacement-parts/philips-norelco-motor-brush-set-for-select-models.html>

Old razors appear on eBay for parts all the time:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/130568730760>
This listing is expired, but they appear erratically. I think I have
several such razors, but want to keep them because the new ones are
junk. I bought mine at a thrift shops or garage sale.

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[klem kedidelhopper]

On Aug 7, 12:50 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:26:23 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher

wb8...@panix.com> wrote:
My long-time Rototrak razor needs brushes. 15 years ago, I
bought new ones but now shaver repair seems to have gone the way
of buggy whips.

I bought a new Norelco but it was a all-plastic toy vs. mine; I
returned it.

Any suggestions on where to look for brushes?

It would be helpful if you spelled Rotatract correctly and supplied an
exact model number.  There are allegedly only two size brushes:
http://shaveroutlet.com/shaver-replacement-parts/norelco-philips-carb...
http://shaveroutlet.com/shaver-replacement-parts/philips-norelco-moto...

Old razors appear on eBay for parts all the time:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130568730760
This listing is expired, but they appear erratically.  I think I have
several such razors, but want to keep them because the new ones are
junk.  I bought mine at a thrift shops or garage sale.

I believe Jeff when he says that there are two types of brushes.
However personally I recall only ever seeing one Norelco shaver brush
type though in all the shavers I've ever repaired. They were about
1.0cm long and rectangularly shaped perhaps 4.0 X 6.0 mm. I also
acquired my shavers similarly, the last one coming from the landfill.
It just needed batteries. Do you have the "stubbs" of the old brushes?
It would be a pain and certainly magnifier work but perhaps you could
start with a couple of larger brushes and file them down to what you
need. On the other hand it seems odd that even as old as these were
you can't still find them somewhere online.
Lenny

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