Where can I buy a jewel washer?

[Axtman]

Where can I buy a Fender type jewel indicator light washer? I am working on an amp that did not have one and needs one to keep the faceplate down. (The picture is off another Fender amp I have for reference.) Thanks!

[Randall]

My first inclination was, get some Windex and cotton swabs.

[Enzo]

I have to admit, until I opened the thread I thought it was about a device to clean Fender Jewels.

[g1]

Me three.
I was going to ask if a rock-tumbler would do the trick.

[g1]

There are many tales on the net of people's endless search for the exact washer. From what I've seen, they all end in heartache.
I'd have a look at the current silver-face re-issues to see if they use them.

[g1]

This is how they do it in the newer SF (68 Custom Deluxe Reverb)
https://darrenriley.com/store/fender...ar-0021741049/
https://darrenriley.com/store/fender...-2-0032219049/

[Chuck H]

This is how they do it in the newer SF (68 Custom Deluxe Reverb)
https://darrenriley.com/store/fender...ar-0021741049/
https://darrenriley.com/store/fender...-2-0032219049/

I've used jewel pilots in three amps and they were all the exact part you linked.

I don't know where one might get the exact old washer. A good retrofit might be to use a standard washer of an appropriate ID/OD (Ace Hardware stores usually have a really good screw and washer aisle) and just spray paint it with satin black enamel.

[Chuck H]

Hey! What about this? Looks like it's used for the pilot lamp os some HRD model years as well as the reissue reverb units. I'm not sure but the numbers .482x.709 may be ID/OD dimensions.?. A washer ID for the current jewels like g1 linked would need to be .56 or .57 (I just caliper-ed one).

https://www.angela.com/fenderflatnic...er482x709.aspx

[Justin Thomas]

I haven't taken my 74 Bassman 100 apart in a while, but I'm pretty sure that the actual washer is sort of "pressed" into a vaguely conical shape. Like, a flat washer but shaped. I think that's the issue & why the searches "all end in heartache."

The parts linked are BF style; while the SF amps use something either similar or identical, the faceplates changed & that's why they need the washer on the pilot light.

I hate to say it, but to get a hold of an original & fabricate yourself or to scavenge one from a bombed-out SF amp might hafta do...

Justin

[Chuck H]

I'm pretty sure that the actual washer is sort of "pressed" into a vaguely conical shape. Like, a flat washer but shaped.

That's called a "Belleville" washer. I couldn't find any in nickel, but I found some in stainless They're about 1/8" larger in OD than the stock part appears to be. So the circular edge is 1/16" further out all the way around. There may not be any script around the part to worry about. Hopefully the slightly different appearance (or the need to buy 20 of them) isn't a big problem.

These are two different thicknesses (but both pretty thin) in case it matters. I would think the thinner of the two would be best.

https://www.gamut.com/c/fasteners/di...yABEgLzZ_D_BwE

https://www.gamut.com/c/fasteners/di...CABEgLuo_D_BwE

[Axtman]

Unfortunately the Fender brand washer posted is not for the jewel lamp. The washer goes underneath switches.

https://reverb.com/item/6917907-genu...e-switches-etc

I have another idea and will post my results it if works.

BTW, the measurements for the washer is:
Outside Diameter: 0.934" (~15/16")
Inside Diameter: 0.563" (~9/16")

[Chuck H]

BTW, the measurements for the washer is:
Outside Diameter: 0.934" (~15/16")
Inside Diameter: 0.563" (~9/16")

Well, then the last washer/s I posted should "work", if not ideal in appearance.

[catalin gramada]

Unfortunately the Fender brand washer posted is not for the jewel lamp. The washer goes underneath switches.

https://reverb.com/item/6917907-genu...e-switches-etc

I have another idea and will post my results it if works.

BTW, the measurements for the washer is:
Outside Diameter: 0.934" (~15/16")
Inside Diameter: 0.563" (~9/16")

Are you kidding? Almost 5 pounds for a washer? In what year we are today?

[Chuck H]

Here's another washer with the exact dimensions. However, not "Belleville" type, so it's flat. It's also a machine bushing so it'll be steel instead of plated. But, being steel it could be polished and blued. That would offer some corrosion resistance and look snazzy.

https://www.nutty.com/9-16-shim-mach...SABEgKXavD_BwE

[Chuck H]

I did notice in my searching that there are nickel plated washers with a 1" diameter that have a smaller than 9/16 ID. If you have a Dremel you could always hone out the hole. Again, flat rather than slightly conical.

My point is that there are solutions such that I probably wouldn't sweat the exact part unless this were to be a museum piece or something.