ROCK-OLA Vintage Record Cutting Lathe 1940s Portable Recorder Cutter TURNS ON For Sale
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ROCK-OLA Vintage Record Cutting Lathe 1940s Portable Recorder Cutter TURNS ON:
$299.99
WOW! Extremely rare ROCK-OLA Record Cutter/ Lathe from the 1940s (?) !I can\'t find any info on this thing online and I\'m only really familiar with their Jukeboxes.
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I am not well versed with record cutters/ lathes/ whatever this machine is so I uploaded 12 photos, made a brief video demonstrating the functionality of the machine and I\'ll describe this to the best of my ability.
---First- a brief note the visual wear on this item- the broken handle, general wear to case and speaker mesh, one of the knobs is cracked and it appears the previous owner re-glued (poorly?). consider that knob in need of further gluing- I remove it when toggling between radio, phono, etc.
I took off the bottom panel to show the guts and fuses and what not.
I purchased this item from an estate sale and it appears the previous owner took relatively good care of it and was something of a vintage electronics wiz. I purchased it with the tonearms tied down and the platter affixed to the inside, top of the case.
My experience with using machine is plugging it in and either waiting for the hum of the speaker and if it doesn\'t come I turn it off then back on again and turn the dial that toggles between phono, radio, etc until I hear the hum. I can twist the button that gets the platter spinning and once spinning I will see some debris fly out from under the platter- it wears on the rubber (?) wheel beneath.
I have not gone further with testing this beast as to not jeopardize the functionality of this beast of a machine.
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With all of that being said I am clearly not sure if this can cut a record right off the bat or it needs further servicing.
This weighs maybe 30-35 pounds
This is absotootly positively being sold AS IS- no questions asked- thank you