The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I'm starting to work on my new Presto 12E, but unfortunately I don't have any documentation and a lot of the inputs and outputs aren't labeled. There are five by the cutter arm, shown in the first picture. Number 1 is output to the cutting head, pretty sure (felt the cutting stylus move when I playe...

Is this the one from LIVEAuctioneers.com? I put in a bid, but it quickly went past my limit. VERY nice looking unit. Unfortunately I don't have any documentation but would like to hear about the feedscrew for the overhead. I believe I have a 12E feedscrew, but I haven't seen any documentation for o...

Hello. I recently acquired a Presto 12E. It's in great shape, and even includes the case keys, microphone, and mic stand that it originally came with (according to an old ad I saw for it online). The original owner stamped 1937 on it. As you might have guessed from the forum category, I'm placing a ...