The 1-C head has been rebuilt with new damping material and is wired for 500 ohm operation (please read on). The pickup tests good. The machine has the original idler wheels; the 33 wheel has been re-rubbered by Terry at Terry's Rubber Rollers, and while the 78 wheel is there, it has a flat spot. No one really uses 78, but Terry can rebuild it for around $60 if needed. The machine can be driven by idler wheel, or by external belt drive. With the belt drive, you can cut a dead quiet groove without much flutter or instability. The machine comes with four feedscrews - 96, 112, 136 and 224 lines per inch, outside in. The original time scale is included, but does not fit on the overhead with the suction pipe attached. The suction pipe works well with lacquer discs, but not well with plastic - too much static. There is a tube and chip jar included that can be attached to a suction pump or vacuum. Included is an electronically restored, rack mountable 92A amplifier in excellent condition, for driving the 500 ohm head. The face plate is not original, but obviously does not affect operation - cosmetics only.
Also included is a digital B/W camera, with a microscope adapter and black and white monitor that can be attached to the microscope for watching cutting in real time. The lathe bed has had some additional connections installed to accommodate all the add-ons which make this setup capable of cutting extremely high quality mono recordings. You can make arrangements to pick up or have a machine moving service pick it up for you. I wouldn't suggest motor freight or UPS/Fedex for something like this. Everything will be packed well to travel. Any reasonable offer for a machine of this quality will be considered. Photos are below. In order to be fair to everyone, please PM me with a REASONABLE offer.
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I once used a machine moving service to have a TP-66 moved from Chicago to here; I *think* it was called Eric's Machine Movers, but it's been about 8 years ago. He was very reasonable for such a large, heavy machine (over 400 lbs). I think he charged $300 for that - would be less for this lathe and amp.
