The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I see on youtube "The Victrola Guy" (not sure if he is part of this site) uses an oil he mentioned it was Pearl kerosene. he puts a few drops on the blank and uses a brush to spread a thin layer on it. He claims it softens the blank just as good as using a heat lamp. has anyone tried this? if so wha...

I am currently restoring a presto 28N that was being used with two tube amps. for both lathes separately (obviously...) they are both Altec, one is the 255 and the other is the 256C. i forget what the manual recommends for power ill have to go back to it and if you are interested i could tell you. i...

Does anyone know if there is a thread that might discuss and list the equipment necessary for proper maintenance, alignment and measurements? For example a way to check the table rotation speed, the signal to noise, aligning your meters for record and playing back. An audio source, to a mixer, to a ...

Thank you I will reach out him and see if he has any beginner advice on it. Also I dug more in the forums and I stumbled across a PDF manual. I am stoked. I’ve been searching for so long.

Steve E Thank you for this. Reading your post Steve made me feel more welcomed. I’ll be honest I’m not only new to this forum. I’m new to forums in general. I don’t think I even tagged you on my reply properly haha. Also I have read plenty of forums looking for an answer to a question and a lot of ...

Thank you Mike. This was very informative. I truly appreciate you taking the time to lay this info out for us newbs.

Maybe I missed this but did you happen to mention what type of cutting Stylus and blank material you use and prefer?

Hello everyone my name is Corey and I am a newbie. I am very thankful that this site exists. And I will most be contributing anyway I can. Starting with $$ and I have hope to eventually contribute knowledge and resources. I have been lucky enough to have almost a decade of experience repairing and r...

Hi I have a PDF of the 1981 edition if that's of any use to you...you can have it...if interested send me your email...Pete Hello my name is Corey. I am also new here and was looking for Larry Borden’s book as well. Would you also be willing to share the pdf with me? My email is coreycresswell@gmai...

I see you mentioned a manual. I am searching for a manual for the presto 8N lathe. If you have one for your 28N would be willing to share a scan of it with me. Thank you and great work on the restoration.

Hey everyone. new guy here. i look forward to talking shop with everyone. i work at a recording studio that was closed for 30 years and reopened last august. we have a few lathes and its my job to try to get them cutting. we have a we have a disassembled PRESTO 28n and a frankensteined 6N/8N lathe. ...