Just wondering if you were the only bidder, and whether the Auction gallery had any kind of reserve on the Machine. congratulations on the fantastic find !! ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:02:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Phono-L] Strange Cylinder machine WON
Well folks, the machine has been rescued. After waiting 6 hours for the auctioneer to get to it in the back room, I bought it worth the money and it is now here at home. I will do some further inspection and cleaning tomorrow. After getting it home I did insert the crank, gave her about 15 turns and switched her on. The motor seems to run fine but manderal tries to turn but the very old fabric belt is just too loose and won't drag the gummy mandrel and feed screw without help. Anyway IT RUNS and is safe at home. BTW the crank is nice and no paint chips and has the US phono badge. It's missing the washer that holds the wood handle on but handle is fine. I also came home with a VV-50 empty case for five bucks. Now I need a junk 50 works. More reports later. (I'M very happy tonight) Don _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
