The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi Emi :wink: :wink: :wink: Turn AGAIN DICK WHITTINGTON :P :) :D Originates from BSR in UK (Birmingham Sound Reprodcers) was based in Staffordshire I totall agree, being the fellow proud owner of a BSR DR33C. Mine was not quite as prestine as this one you may recall??? BSR DR33C Lathe9.jpg Actually ...

Hi Phil
Cutting Styluses or Styli, look to be complete with Nichrome (Nickel Chromium) Heater Wires
https://www.myshank.com/en/14-grampian

Hope this is not what we term a "Leg Lift "
Regards Soulbear

Hi There Jay Pee I think your best bet would be the Audio Engineering Society; www.aes.org You have to be a member to view pdf files of the papers. You might also try searching on http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm and include results prior to 1976 (dropdown on left) for pressing tec...

Hi Matt, Does it have to be aluminum?? I only ask because sifis used 1mm PLA Plastic for his "V Spring" on his "Brother Singer Head" https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6959 Its only a few posts down, Why not take a look :wink: :wink: Might be easier to Cut/Fabricate your own V Springs ...

Ah well, so much for the plan to talk about the Connoisseur Alternative Cutterhead :( :( :( Something Unexpected Happened which Prompted these Musings, I will elaborate in the fullness of time :cry: :cry: :- Soulbears More Recent Observations on Ancient Recording Lathe Repair. (With Apologies to the...

Now having shown above ^^^^^^^ some of the damage :cry: :cry: on Lathe number 14 ( Sugden and his team rather thoughtfully stamped the lathe number on individual components during the build rather than the more conventional method used by many other manufacturers, of putting a number on a Name/Type ...

:P To Continue And now (Not in any particular order) here are just some of the issues I encountered when I received the first Sugden :cry: :cry: These are not all the issues I am attempting to deal with, the list is not exhaustive. And there is also much evidence of these Lathes needing Lots of TLC ...

Hi Emidisc, Ahhhh! Va Va's Club Bolton, around late 1972- early 1973-ish !!! The memories nearly came flooding back!!! (Lord above, I'm getting old Te He!!) A short lived run as a Soul Music Venue, but great fun, and great tunes as I almost remember!! Ahem!! The Motor :cry: :cry: :- Just between me ...

Soulbear wrote :- "What I do know for sure is that it connects the capacitors into the circuit of one of the motor windings. Now here’s the rub, the Push Button is of an Over-Centre “Momemtary” Type. (Probably designed by Sugden Himself, as was the Synchronous Motor) In which case, the Motor Winding...

Great stuff, look forward to following this - what's the boost button for on the top one?! Boost-4.jpeg Boost-6.jpeg Boost-7.jpeg A great question!! One to which (To my eternal shame) I do not have an answer!! Try as I might, I cannot figure out what its purpose is. What I do know for sure is that ...

Hi Trolls, Within this thread I hope to share some of my restoration (Mis?)-adventures with these classic "British Built" Lathes, of which I am lucky enough to own 3 examples :- Connoisseur Lathe10.JPG Connoisseur Lathe-32A.jpg Connoisseur Lathe-41A.jpg When I say Lucky to own these 3 examples, I mu...

Make your own Poly Belt Its very easy, just measure the length you require and then shorten this length by 10% to allow for the Tension of the drive belt

Hi Gabi, Thank you for the update, I think I now know from what you say here, that you intend using what are called here in the UK and elsewhere a "Sprag Clutch or Sprag Bearing" to allow the Hand Cranking whilst having the Gearmotor Drive Train to your Overhead Leadscrew connected. Nice one, I thin...

Hi Trolls, This Project is currently on "Hold" but remains on the "To Do List". I've made very little progress with this lathe, although I did eventually manage to give it a run.The Platter weight is around 8 lbs or a little shy of 4kgs, and it will NOT "Self-Start" The Platter needs a Helping Hand ...

Hi There,
Check out Bens Posts on the Forum https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=4960
and Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbCFXDC1A3cpuxwxKS-jb3A
Maybe this might help??
Regards Soulbear

Hi fonogabor, I am Absolutley Loving this Lathe Build. Great Work!! :D :D And I can't wait to see more!! :D :D I love the choice of material for the Carriage is it Tufnol?? Or Paxolin?? (Tufnol is Fabric and Resin, Whereas Paxolin Tends to be Paper and Resin, It's not actually Bakelite as we know it...

Sometimes the Cutterheads were unbranded!! See if you can Get a Look at the "BBC" Cutterhead before it evolved into the Grampian, very similar also. PS We read what you wrote and knew what you meant

Hi Fer, I'm curious as to whether you managed to resolve this issue, did you get the Walsco 1444 and Try it?? I was looking at the Specs here 8) 8) :- https://www.turntableneedles.com/Record_Player_Idler_Wheel_1444 I thought there was possibly perhaps too much of a mis-match between your Spec and th...

obsolete777, I think Mike's proposal/recommendation of a Presto 6N is a Great Suggestion. I know which way I'd go

My Bad!! Ooops! Forgot to mention Mr Dixon!! Shoulda been first suggestion, I'll go and sit on the naughty step