Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Sat May 01, 2021 7:08 am

Sorry for the crappy pictures!

I have found this Lyrec lathe called "Type AG 36-1 NR 4653"
and here google is not of much help - could this be some kind of custom job?
There is also an AG 40 turntable and two motors and heavy platters.

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Sun May 02, 2021 9:22 am

cool find!

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

Post: # 58494Unread post dubcutter89
Sun May 02, 2021 4:39 pm

Yeah, heavy metal!
Looks like a more stationary version of the SV2 "mobile" recorder.
Also cool finding a bunch of motors and turntables!

BTW - are you somewhere in the north?

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:12 am

hi yes - Denmark, homeland of the Lyrec (which by the way is short for "Lyngby Recorders" - Lyngby being the danish town where they were loacted)
I manged to take some better pictures - some of the items I don't even know what are, so any info some might have would be very helpful to me
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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

Post: # 58719Unread post dubcutter89
Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:21 am

Can it be that one of the motors is a little shorter? Something ike 2/3 of the other? If that is the case then you have one motor for 33/78 RPM and the other is the classic SM8/3 with 33/45/78 RPM speed. No starter motor attached.
The mechanics look really nice, classic lyrec!
The "electronics" I can't identify - can be pretty anything from what I see on the pictures...

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Tue Nov 16, 2021 3:30 pm

Great machine. I would buy one for myself. I like these cutting head offset mechanisms.

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

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Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:15 am

yes dubcutter, the motors are like that. Also included is the unit that converts to 16 rpm.
I believe more and more that what I have is a "bastard" Lyrec sv2 "mobile" lathe, built into the chassis of a lyrec turntable. I am trying now to find somebody with motor skills so I can get it up and running.

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Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:18 am

some more and better pics
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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

Post: # 65806Unread post leemichael
Tue Sep 24, 2024 3:29 pm

Sub platter looks made by Neumann but the leveling screws are accessed from the top instead of the bottom.

Neumann & Lyrec obviously had a manufacturing relationship.

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Re: Mystery Lyrec lathe

Post: # 66703Unread post Podorvanov
Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:59 pm

Great car. Can you take pictures of the back of the overhed to hold the cutting head and move it?

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