The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thanks everyone. The lathe was originally in a Dubbo theatre as far as we know, and is now in the National Historical Collection in Canberra. I can only guess they used it to record local adds, but not at all sure. Hoping to get some advice from NFSA.

Thanks Joe, that certainly does make sense because the projector equipment used at the theatre included a Western Electric Universal Base, which incorporated the Vitaphone system as far as I know.

Stephen

Hi there, I work at a museum and came across this object in a collection that I'm currently working on. It apparently comes from an old regional theatre in New South Wales, Australia, and looks like it could be a record cutting lathe, something I know virtually nothing about. I wondered if anyone ha...