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Post: # 19824Unread post trepanner
Mon May 21, 2012 10:30 pm

Angus McCarthy wrote:KP4 looks to be the first worm gear, if I'm not mistaken - the one that spins the feed screw. Apparently they considered it a separate part, though how to separate it from the platter is beyond me.

If your cutting head rides too high (causing a forward tilt in the needle and "plowing" into the blank) try loosening the screws that attach it to the carriage. Set the arm as if it were in the middle of cutting and position the head at the proper angle, then re-tighten the screws. When it arrived, many things on my K8 had the be adjusted. The rubber mat had been replaced with a thicker sheet than it would have had originally, and the drop cam had slipped/been knocked down far enough so that the needle made contact with the record before the carriage ever touched the cam - and this was cutting on thin plastic sheet!

Also, the "tire" refers to the ring of rubber on the edge of the platter. It's what the capstan spins against to drive the platter.
cool, thanks. would like to know how it goes w/ changing out the amp.

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k

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Re: Presto K-8 Manual?

Post: # 25651Unread post dillon
Mon May 27, 2013 8:56 am

lou2ser wrote:Scanned Instruction Manual is here : http://goo.gl/usj0
Hello, just wondering if this scan is still floating around? This link tells me the file is missing.

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Re: Presto K-8 Manual?

Post: # 26107Unread post worcestercutting
Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:32 pm

I am wondering the same thing. Is anyone out there kind enough to email me a copy of this?

:oops: :shock: :o :?: :!:

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Re: Presto K-8 Manual?

Post: # 27344Unread post Steve E.
Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:35 pm

Another request for that K8 Manual scan! the google drive scan is gone.

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Re: Presto 8-K (8K, K8, K-8) PDF Scanned Manual

Post: # 27345Unread post Steve E.
Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:36 pm

Please repost!! thank you!

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Re: Presto K-8 Manual? Amp Schematic?

Post: # 27346Unread post Steve E.
Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:55 pm

Specifically, Twig Harper, the man who offhandedly invented the term "Lathe Troll" in an interview, needs the schematic of the amp, which I am assuming is in the manual. Help out our bro!

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Post: # 27355Unread post Steve E.
Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:31 pm

Thanks to rsimms3 for supplying this scan, which will now reside here permanently.
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Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:24 pm

I like it! I think I'll steal that name for one of my little vanity audio projects!! Audiofool in the house!! :D
opcode66 wrote:
mossboss wrote:Audiofools!! Thats a new one on me
Does this statement forms part of the English language?
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I think he meant like Audiophiles. A minor play on words.

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