The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

My overhead is the old Presto model which was the precursor to the 8D. The 8D overhead used replaceable blades to contact the feed screw. Because my overhead had a fixed blade I created a interchangeable system for mine. Luckily, to remove the finger it was a screw that was also part of the lowering...

Is this still coming out this year?

Ooops, wrong year. Last update was expected delivery end of 2024.

Oof, that's tempting.

Check with EpicenterBrian, he took over Alan's website. I have a few of the same manuals original/copies and could possibly help out.

Great googly moogly!!!!

Looks like this one has been modified for 3 speed, the original was 2 speed, 78/33. The capstan/pulley on top of the motor shaft should have 3 steps on it instead of two in order to achieve 3 speeds. I think I've seen another one before modified for 3 speed operation.

Eeek. Good luck.

Ask Mike - piaptk.

Oof, $7000 for a giant paper weight.

:drool: I wish I could scrounge that much cash and justify to my wife it's "cheap".....LOL! “But honey, its an INVESTMENT... its not like im throwing the money away, im going to have this enormous and beautiful thing taking up more space in the house!” My wife told me it was either her or the all t...

:drool: I wish I could scrounge that much cash and justify to my wife it's "cheap".....LOL!

First picture - RCA 73B (not 78B)
Second picture - looks like a reel to reel unit/size 10 grey boot
Third picture - I see a motor and maybe a volume/control box
Fourth picture - Another RCA 73B painted sky blue
Fifth picture - looks like the drive mechanism out of a Fairchild

6N.

So far everything is just as I received it except I changed the cutter head and added a dash pot. I do have long-term plans to set up a belt drive motor.

I have had a few lathes in the past 8 years since I started this crazy journey but the one that I have kept and sits beside me now is a Frankenlathe. "Back in the day" (I mean when I started looking/buying stuff 8 years ago) you could find stuff here and there. I bought a few lathes through eBay, fi...

A conical tip does not actually force any material to be removed from the resulting groove, it simply moves past or around the rounded tip. A cutting needle has a flat front to force material to come out of the resulting groove instead of simply passing around it. It's sort of like the difference be...

So many things wrong with this video from what I can see. 1. The turntable before he even drops the head looks like it's not running at the correct speed, then he drops the head and it gets so much worse. 2. I don't know about the magnification on the microscope, but I don't see any modulation in th...

Just checked, MyShank sells red, white, blue, and green. White is solid color, others are transparent.

Ahem, could you move all that audio stuff over, it's blocking my view of the car.