The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

$700 and it is yours!

Also on Reverb: https://reverb.com/item/65643637-presto-1-d-50-s-record-lathe-cutterhead?publish_confirmation=true

Selling a presto 1-D cutter head not working but in good conditions. Sold as is. Located in Brazil and only available for local pickup by Fedex. Buyer takes care of all shipping issues and fees Will accept PayPal price: $850 as is. https://cdn3.fileup.to/cache/plugins/filepreviewer/264057/1673d25a3d...

Hello!
How doest it sound? Does it head good volume and stereo separation? Any Samples we can listen to?

hi. Where are you located? do you have pictures?

Anderson

The final activity of the day is crating-up everything for shipping. The size of crate depends on the type of vacuum you choose and obviously how much kit you buy beyond the starter set. You may be better off getting the more expensive vac pump as it is significantly smaller than the 'shop vac and ...

are they really cutting on wax?

great to know! i have a 1d ready to go soon.

great material! luckily it covers both of my lathes, the RCA and Fairchild 523! Thank man!

Looks very 73B-ish to me. The giveaway is the platter sunk into the top plate. The 73A rode quite a bit higher. Similar overhead with the friction-drive pitch selector on the side, but the 73B used a horizontal-format head instead of the traditional vertical horseshoe-magnet type. I'm not sure, and...

Found this pic at Flo's page. Looks a bit like it but platter a bit thinner...

http://www.musicnonstop.com.br/visitamos-vinil-brasil-nova-fabrica-de-discos-que-comeca-funcionar-no-segundo-semestre-em-sao-paulo/ Looks like Clenios find has found a home with a couple presses up and running I gather it is all in Portuguese no idea about the article. Apart from Google translation...

nice Claudio!

mono or stereo head?

Updating! Got two grampians, a D and a C.

awesome!

RCA 73-A owner here. This looks like it might be older than mine! How is your turntable coupled to the motor? Mine has this mechanism to the left of the platter. Normally has a cover on it, idlers shift up and down for 33/78. There seems to be very little information on these available compared to ...

I suspect that your model is single speed i.e. 78 rpm only it is probably an earlier model in the RCA 73 Range. I found this which should help you: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/RCA/RCA-Broadcast-Equipment-1940.pdf Hey! Thanks for that. I found it there! Model 73-A. It record...

Just scored it! This is a RCA cutting lathe. The model plate has already faded. I need to identify the model to look around for manual and stuff.. It came with 2 grampian :) a Type D and a Type C More to follow about this http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp344/freakmedula/IMG_3011_zpsfqhafdvi.jpg

hmm Rafaelo, never heard of them...
I can search around if you need some help.

Cheers