Anonymous master 17w

It’ll be here in a few days

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

That's pretty :) I should show you my funny.

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Anonymous master 17w

Show me your funny

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I don't have a good photo but I took one off the internet. Full bakelite zenith cobramatic from 1952. Mines museum quality not to flex or anything but it can play all record speeds, 16s, 32s, and 78s. Also an AM radio :)

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Anonymous master 17w

Damn that’s really fucking dope

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

$200 fb marketplace find. I will say it's cracked in two spots and the belt slips though :(. Needs professionally repaired.

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Anonymous master 17w

Oh I hear you on that. Still a golden find tho

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

That's the coolest thing I have unless you like WW2 stuff or random knickknacks like clocks and stuff

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Anonymous master 17w

I mean I like all of those things but I’m mostly into mechanical stuff and audio stuff. Besides the slot machine, and besides my 80s Walkman because I broke it :<, probably my minidiscs and players? I mean I have a vintage recording Walkman, that’s pretty sick. Probably my guitars are up there too. Vintage wise tho, yeah probably my slot machine or walkmans

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

My oldest thing is my 1918 record player by victrola :)

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Anonymous master 17w

Now that’s bangin. I generally don’t shoot for oldest, just whatever floats my goat. Slot machine will be the oldest in my catalogue being around 1970 by its looks.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I fix clocks. I've seen some cool ones over the years. This is my favorite one.

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Anonymous master 17w

You’re not also a nuclear scientist working on the Manhattan project, right? Because if you are I have bad news, good news, and then bad news again. But all at once.

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Anonymous master 17w

Also, gorgeous clock.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

Hopefully not, maybe not, hopefully not. I have uranium glass though. It doesn't look like I restored this but I put around 18 hours into a complete mechanical overhaul on this machine. Spring driven was peak playing technology at the time. The spring will slowly not push enough power and the music will slow. That was normal for these machines.

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Anonymous master 17w

Oh trust me, I know what happens to those when they get that old. It looks like you restored it lol. Beautifully too. Also sweet kitty

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

The clock btw, 1890s 8 day clock. One wind for 8 days. Also peak technology at the time. The joy isn't owning these things for me although it eventually is. Everything I own has gotten some touch from me here or there. The clock just needed some oil. I sold a really cool cast iron one once and I think I regret that.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

Thank you so much :v I love talking about these things lol it makes me so happy.

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Anonymous master 17w

Oh I totally agree, I buy shit with the intention to slowly improve it over time. That’s part of why losing my Walkman was so fucking devastating. She wasn’t even dooooone. I bought that slot machine fully knowing I could purchase something similar and have to do less work for the same price. But I reaaaaally like that quarter slot.

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

It's beautiful. Thank you for sharing :)

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Anonymous master 17w

You too! I love hearing people with similar interests!

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Anonymous mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I have tons more if you ever want to speak about this again lol

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