The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

såg ditt svar först nu. jag står faktiskt i begrepp att bygga ett graververk. jag har en gammal remdriven skivspelare från 50 talet jag planerar att montera en stor kraftig DC motor och bygga en styrkrets till. själva matningsanordningen blir nog liknande den på amerikanska Prestomaskiner och jag ha...

i think those gelatin blanks was farly populer for inexpencive homerecordings in europe before the war i have seen a swedish webside owned by a guy that was a radio amature during that time he used simular gelatin blanks together with a homemade lathe for recording of the radio and making copys of c...

nice to see a swedish made machine here . seens to be a very nice machine to with magnetic cutterhead and 78 an 33rpm speeds
i will keep ny eyes open for one of those when i´m at yard sales/seconhand stores

This is a reproducing machine only. However, TEFI Dr. Daniels, did make recording machines. The commercially produced mechanically recorded tapes were made in a very complex process involving pressing the plastic tape against a negative "stamper" (rather, "embosser") while moving. The company start...

i fond this on the internet http://www.johansoldradios.se/tape-recorders/tefifon-kc-1
its a cutting machine that cutts on plastic tape instad of a recording disc almost like those old dictabelt mashines that was used for dictation in the late 40s. this however is made in 1955.

that sounds a bit like those early pre groved homerecording discs that was made in the 1920s but i think they was made out of aluminium. but well it sounds like a intresting lo-fi experiment if i had a lathe i probobly would try it out on my old columbia portable. 8) btw. what material did you use f...

becoase ther have been someone mesing arond with the electronics before you it might be a good idea to check all the wireing so that nothing is lose or shorted.

btw on the picture of the electrolytics it looks like ther are one wire that have come lose.

Hello, Thanks for all the wonderful info, you guys totally made my day! I do feel quite comfortable replacing old caps, tubes & transformers. But the mechanical stuff (belts, etc) might be a bit more of a challenge for me. I am also very curious as to how i could check if it is a magnetic or crysta...

that looks like nice cutter. aboute tubes/valves there are some web sides that sell lots of NOS tubes but the price can vary depending on what type of tube you need i think you will find a lot of good tube companys if you just google search "NOS vacuum tubes" and of corse its importent that you orde...

Ah well, you know, it's only really the coloured Vinyl I was after, the cutting houses will still cut one off black vinyl dubs for me so it's cool. I'm actually eager to know what these Vinyl dub plates are like to use, I wonder if they are as flexible as vinyl presses? all I know is they weigh sou...

I don't want people getting their hands on my work anyway, I'm rarely paid for it, I mainly do it for personal enjoyment and/or friends or for DJ'ing, they may not be solely exclusive pieces of music but the quality I restore them to is something that's exclusive to my set's. That's part of the rea...

i have never heard of radiotone. but it looks like a nice lathe.

BTW is it a 78rpm only lathe or do it have 33 and 45 to?

i have a old Columbia portable from the 1930s. it dosent have its original soundbox but it came with a HMV no 5 b orthophonic soundbox witch sounds great.

dont give upp! you might be anable to find a old cheap magnetic cutting head on ebay or on this forum ther are propoby a lot of people here that have some old cheaper cutting heads laying around. so just ask around. but becoase you may not find a cutting head thats designd for you machine its import...

if you do all the recording and mastering work in the analog way you have to be prepeard that it will be a lot more work then doing it digitaly and you will need a good two track tape recorder for editing and as a recording sorce for the record lathe. you will also need a splicing block for tape edi...

you sayd that it was made in the 60s is it a solid state unit? (solid state = all transistors no tubes/valves) becoase if it is it proboby have a mangnetic cutting head

well if you can read schematics you might be anable to make your own control bord with some swithes and simply wire it to the right conections on the machine. then you will be anable to control the playback and record funktion on the machine. :) before you hoock up a external amp to the head you nee...