The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Jccc wrote:Hello, that bendy wire your talking about goes on top of the magnet and it holds the magnet in place.

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thanks man!

yeah I haven't heard back from Presto Repairs in a while now which is why I'm posting here

So I got Impatient a while ago and ended up opening up the 5C cutting head to see inside. It was probably my fault but one of the thin voice coil wires was broken. I tried to solder it but ended up just damaging the coil. It was all so dirty and messy anyway I figured it's best to replace anyway. he...

Hi is it possible to get one of these coils wound and sent to me?

I have a 5C but it's coil is in a sorry state....

THIS is the thread i've been looking for! I have a 5c, and I'm looking into getting it up and running. I have taken it apart and removed all the rusty build up that was stopping it move around at all, but I'm still needing a few bits of info if anyone (hopefully Presto Repairs?) can help. I'm not su...

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looking for 5C manual but 1D might give me some clues if anyone could repost?

thanks

some pics the lathe in its new home http://i.imgur.com/qp8WVbA.jpg with a 12" on it for scale, 5c head attached for picture http://i.imgur.com/6I0TJv3.jpg microscope! http://i.imgur.com/9XWmB3P.jpg and a view through the microscope. 4x magnification. you can just make out there is a scale etched int...

Just an update - We moveed the lathe to it's new home, and it all went pretty well, we have now got to work out how to get this thing up and running again!

Wow, only $175 for a half speed mod on your 1200? sounds like a deal to me. Also curious, what's made you look into this? Just the option of getting the "HIFI" crowd interested? best, -TB Im a scratch dj - and I prefer to scratch using ultapitch turntables. we have special ultrapitch scratch sample...

awesome, thanks for saving me digging through loads of forum threads

i tihnk the gear box behind this lever i posted the picture of is only attached to a drive-shaft that is totally separate from the platter motor. this would have been controlled by a separate motor i think so we were planning on just attaching a motot and controoling it with some sort of arduino typ...

http://i.imgur.com/b7xrKxF.jpg here are the LPI settings on the gearbox of the lathe. as for the motors, there is one for 45, one for 33, and they seem to be mounted directly to the shaft but there is a fly wheel looking thing there too, haven't investigated that much! i have no documentation at al...

Yes I am haha! I produced several scratch records on my label few years ago when I had a cutting studio... And Jad is one of my best friend. We did a lot of scratch records for the DMC Jad did the production, I did the mastering and cut (Netik, Rafik, Unkut, Fly and more more more...) ah cool. nice...

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Ok thanks! If you're in this scratch game, I guess you know Le Jad?

i do! he very kindly supported my last record by doing the mastering. so youre a scratch nerd too?

awesome project! looks nice!

Thanks for the help guys! Been trying to get my hands on the halfspeed module for my Vinyl Recorder. Eager to get started. Thanks for the notes guys. Cheers, J KABUSA now offers 16RPM mods for technics. Souri also does a mod, but it involves a heavier platter to avoid the cogging effect you get by ...

Hi guys thanks for the replies! So the head mount can move forwards and backwards already by the looks of it, I can just move the part that Sillitoe cropped out in his picture back a cm or so, and that would give us enough room to build a head mount that kept the stylus in the right place.... as for...

Hi guys My name's Si, and I've lurked for a little while out of interest, but now I've been asked to help out with a project restoring a Presto 14B. It's made it all the way to the UK, which surprised Alan Greaves when I emailed him for advice, as they are american machines. The motors both seem to ...