The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

*5-month bump*

Excellent. Very informative - exactly the kind of videos we need to proliferate!

Oh, man, those pictures are exactly the information I've been searching for for ages! This looks very much like a Berliner recorder, like Emoritt said. You lucky so-and-so... :P As to recording blanks, I've done research on Berliner's disc recording process, using acid and zinc discs. I've had promi...

Here's a clip from the Jimmy Durante film "Two Sisters From Boston", depicting Lauritz Melchior making an acoustic recording. The lathe makes a quick appearance at 1:43:
The vignette at the end is priceless.

Powerstrip brought up this idea in an Experimenter's thread a while back:

https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4143

Mfd. in Toronto. Missing feedscrew.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141027919064

Wound for 500ohm.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151182974085

Thanks, Steve. This is good information we're getting out of this project in the long run - trying and testing that upper limit of the basic 6N design.

Once again, it seems I am in the presence of equipment porn.

That console is a beaut. It's a dream of mine to piece together an analogue studio from roughly that era. Nice find.

L.K.R.A wrote: I also own a presto 1C which will be next on the rebuild list if the bobbins hold up and pass testing...

If I don't get to rebuilding my 1D coils before that, I'll gladly throw some cash your way for a new pair.
Now to figure out the weird shape of the 5C coil...

Bingo, Greg. There are factions of the hipster crowd clanging for cassette releases simply because of the possible deficiencies. The world truly does take all types.

Untested. Looks like it might need some TLC once the shell is off:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330949220961

Various makes, ending within the next few days.

Federal Recorder Co - pack of 7 (mfd. in Switzerland?):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221247074891

Sears Silvertone - Two packs of 2:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161060979643

Truetone:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390619206562

For a 6D, by the look and description.

Seller pulled this from the Edison plant in West Orange. Threaded spindle makes it likely this was somehow used in recording or dubbing of discs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370845562417

I'm digging the label area on the disc. Very Berliner-esque.

A very interesting design! I think you could manage to fit one of the flat RCA heads in such a carriage.

Hi Nico, and welcome! Starting a small music label and jumping right in with cutting is quite a leap. Often you'll find that the majority of indie labels that offer physical records have digital releases as their bread-and-butter, so to speak. Many don't actually cut the discs themselves, either, ev...

Welcome, AJ! Glad to see you have a firm grasp of the possible pitfalls and money traps associated with this calling. As to Presto vs Rek-o-kut, I can personally only speak for the merits of some of the Presto models. I've worked with three so far: K-style units and a 6N. The K models are solidly bu...

I may have to shoot him a message.