The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thank you everyone who replied to my post. I have received several good offers so I'm going to end this post.

Too far out of my budget but thanks for the offer though! I wish I had the $ to afford that.

I have a Presto 5C Cutterhead which I love but I'd like to get one a little better. Looking for an upper midrange mono head like an
nicer Audax or a better Presto head than mine. Send me a message: tommypython@yahoo.com

I was curious if anyone here has ever built or found plans for building a wound, horsehead magnet cutting head? I used to be a physicist and was thinking of tackling this as a project since most of the higher end lathes with magnetic cutting heads have gotten out of my price range and I'd like to ha...

Thanks everyone for the great advice. Last night I was able to make my first successful 78RPM records on the back of a Kroger Brand Plastic Picnic Plate. I was curious..... Why does putting Turtle Wax on the plastic help so much? I tried tests with and without and definitely "with" sounded better. N...

This might be a long shot but I'm looking for a functioning output transformer to the Meissner 9-1065 cutting head! I sent mine Meissner to Gib at West Tech and that's the only part he's having a hard time replacing. And I've been having trouble locating one myself.

Here is a neat item. The seller is calling it a Presto Y5/10B Transcription Turntable with a 16" platter. I've never seen a Presto Transcription Turntable before.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160807433131?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_1202

I finally determined that this model is just dead and I'll be hocking it on ebay real soon. I did get my Recordette Sr. 78RPM cutter working, thanks to a repaired cutting head from West Tech and I bought a Meissner that I sent to West Tech for repairs. I just gotta start trolling through the back fo...

And it sold for $2,026.00 with 34 bids!

That is a beautiful Rek-O-Kut but you're right that price is insane. Just like this non-functioning Meissner.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Meissner-Phono-Recorder-Model-9-1065-from-1947-/310381152771?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4844288a03 Some of the prices on e-bay these days are kind of c...

How hard is this to fix-up?

My knowledge is tubes is limited to book reading but I do have practical practical "modern" electronic experience. Right now I'm struggling fixing up a Wilcox-Gay Recordette's Amp, is it harder than that?

Thanks Tragwag!

I sent Gib an e-mail this morning asking if I could send him the cutter head to re-build.

Last night I looked at the guts of the Recordette III Sr. and the Model IJ11. They both appear to be the same except for hardware so I'm going to switch out their guts and see what happens.

Got an e-mail from Gib at West Tech this morning and apparently he no longer fixes any of the Wilcox-Gay Recordette models.

Yeah...Gib has been very nice with my questions! I was just looking around here to see if anyone had recommendations. The Model IJ11 amp is from what I can tell dead. Doesn't power up at all, there is some funky yellow dust on the interior (the hardware is in good shape and the motor works well) but...

I have a Recordette Sr. III, could I just switch out the parts from that unit into my Recordette Sr. Ij11's parts that don't work? Then get the cutting head restored by someone? Or could I just get the head restored by someone (does anyone else restore cutting heads?) and frankenstein an external am...

Does anybody know who could fix a Wilcox-Gay Recordette Sr. IJ11?

I asked Gib at West Tech to fix it and he said he would not. Is there anybody else that could help me?

Piaptk if you need any help writing about anything I'd love to help. I just finished read the beginning 8 chapters of Oliver Read's book "The Recording and Reproduction of Sound, 2nd ed." and would be interested in contributing to the home recorder section of this proposed Wiki. PM me if you'd like ...

A good domain name I feel would be "Lathe Trolls Wiki" and I'd be willing to help edit some of the Wilcox-Gay sections. I've been lurking around here amassing information to make a "FAQ" for that Company over the last four months and could just port it over to a Wiki.

sighted on ebay this morning, if anyone is interested...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150787874337?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_737wt_1081

Howdy...don't delete my account! My name is Tripp Nasty and I run a label out of Denver, Colorado called Alta-Fidelidad specializing in Noise, weirdo acoustic music (classical and folk) and the miscellaneous black metal recording. I have a Recordette Sr. and a 3-speed Recordette that I'm sending to ...