Arcturus Lathe

Post: # 17262Unread post **nich** Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:12 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcturus-Record-Lathe-Les-Paul-lacquer-master-disk-Westrex-Scully-Neumann-/130610751203?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4664636909243912768

Les Paul designed Arcturus Lathe with cadilac flywheel turntable.
Interesting looking piece of gear!

Nich

Post: # 17267Unread post **petermontg** Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:39 am

Nice find Nich.

Is that an ashtray in the last photo or something else?

Post: # 17270Unread post **drdub** Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:49 am

Yes an ashtray!
ha finally there's proof.

cheers mex

Post: # 17271Unread post **dietrich10** Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:21 am

Very interesting looking lathe

Post: # 17283Unread post **nich** Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:14 pm

I didnt notice the ashtray at first. Haha, what a feature!

Post: # 17285Unread post **petermontg** Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:23 pm

ha, i must of had a hankering for a smoke to notice that.

i guess this vindicates your studio smoking mex

Post: # 17292Unread post **drdub** Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:41 am

ok,

1 pack of camels for the first one to count the number of cigs in this picture:

cheers
mex

Post: # 17301Unread post **flozki** Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:57 pm

i guess 33 1/3 cigarettes...

definitely not 78. but 45 is also possible....

yes i always wanted to be a camel trophy dude...but then i started making records..

Post: # 17311Unread post **drdub** Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:59 am

the answer, of course, is : fortytwo!

Post: # 17314Unread post **MEGAMIKE** Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:49 am

life the universe and everything = 42

Post: # 17336Unread post **petermontg** Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:19 am

MEGAMIKE wrote:life the universe and everything = 42

about 2,000E less on asking price now. Am sure someone could purchase this away from ebay and even save on the ebay fees from sellers end.

whats happening with head mount seems it would be hard to mount a neumann onto the lathe.

Any ideas??

Post: # 17338Unread post **concretecowboy71** Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:10 am

42---I always thought that was how many roads a man must walk down before you call him a man!

Post: # 17341Unread post **piaptk** Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:08 am

petermontg wrote: about 2,000E less on asking price now. Am sure someone could purchase this away from ebay and even save on the ebay fees from sellers end.
whats happening with head mount seems it would be hard to mount a neumann onto the lathe.

Any ideas??

Yeah, I know the guy it belongs to. He posts on here very occasionally as "arcturus". PM me if you are serious and want his contact info.

Post: # 17356Unread post **Aussie0zborn** Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:43 pm

So there is more than one of these lathes out there. The first one seen on Ebay looked like it had been pimped with all its chrome trimmings - this one looks original. Very interesting.

Post: # 17369Unread post **petermontg** Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:25 pm

Am more so thinking aloud, my funds are tied up elsewhere at the moment mike