Three Radiotone portable lathes on ebay

[mratx]

There are three Radiotone portable record lathes on ebay, all listed by the same person, they all appear to be the same model, whatever it may be! Here are the links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450016

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450664

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450310

Does anyone know anything about that brand/model? He had them listed before, no bids.

Mark

[cuttercollector]

There are three Radiotone portable record lathes on ebay, all listed by the same person, they all appear to be the same model, whatever it may be! Here are the links:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450016

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450664

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280415450310

Does anyone know anything about that brand/model? He had them listed before, no bids.

Mark

Ironically, I owned 3 of them at one point.
Never had any of them working. They are of reasonable quality for their age. I think they might be around WWII era. 78 only, not microgroove, standard sort of magnetic head of the era. Better than a Recordio, probably poorer than a Presto of the same era.