The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Im thinking about this platter, but i cant get ahold of rolandjays.

Im wondering how id get it to work on a presto 8dg.
Im totally new to this.

Anybody got any experience?

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I think the box with the chickenhead knob is a heated stylus

It also has an old, but still useful playback arm

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Great news, im pretty sure it does 45.

I talked with the guy i purchased it off of, unfortunately he couldnt figure it out either and it came from an estate sale. So it might not even be local to milwaukee.

Yes, theres no 45rpm setting, by the selection lever.

Im gonna do my best at getting better pics.

But also if anybody is interested in it, get at me. Im pretty sure im gonna let this baby go.

I think with a little work it could be brought back into shape for sure. Biggest issue for me is it doesnt do 45rpm. So i may send her to market. If the auto equalizer is the box behind the "sled", that says presto on it, but im fairly certain this isnt a presto unit. Im fairly new to lathe's, so im...

I can, i have too get them however. Shes mothballed.

I purchased it here in milwaukee. Not sure where it came from originally.

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Im having trouble figuring out who made this lathe. I think its custom.

Any ideas?

I notice most of the lathes I see end up selling to someone on the forum, so how much do these systems usually fetch?

Damn. I wish I had one to play with. I feel like I could eliminate that 60khz with sheilding somehow, or shock mounting the motor.

Is the 8n the flagship presto?

Presto's seem to come up more regular than scully. But there kinda hit and miss from what I gather.

What's the best presto's?

I'd like to point out, if you couldn't tell, I know very little on the subject. I'm sponging everything I can. I'm pretty sure im going to flip a lot of gear for lathe money soon, so im hoping to get some good info. I do have some tech skills, so building/repairing/cutting isn't going to be a total ...

Hi trolls. Im alan.

Im really wanting to cut mono records first, good enough to be made into stampers. Beside a Neumann, what are the options out there?