Above: beautiful line-drawn rendition of a Scully 601 lathe. Made right here in blighted Bridgeport CT. Ahh Bridgeport what happened? I think I might take a drive over to “62 walter st” today and see what’s there now…
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Above: beautiful line-drawn rendition of a Scully 601 lathe. Made right here in blighted Bridgeport CT. Ahh Bridgeport what happened? I think I might take a drive over to “62 walter st” today and see what’s there now…
5 replies on “The Scully 601 Vinyl Mastering Lathe circa 1960”
Yeah, the Scullys have seemed to go away completely…
Based on the (203) area code mentioned in that ad, I’d say this was more around 1962-63, when area codes were first mentioned in print (though the system itself dated as far back as 1951). I’d rate the Model 601 lathe as among my favorites – this would have had the following dimensions:
– Lead-in grooves: 7.625, 14.729167 and 32.3125 lpi
(also used for “spread” grooves to go from one track to another; last two also used for “catch” grooves after the lead-out but before entering the concentric locked groove)
– Lead-out grooves: 4.17 and 2.14 lpi
Yes, this ad would have to date at least before 1963-64, since there’s no ZIP code listed for the address, but rather a postal zone listed (“Bridgeport 8, Connecticut”, 8 being the zone), postal zones being ZIP code’s predecessor (at least for large cities) until USPS introduced ZIPs in 1963.
Beautiful artwork for this ad, though :).
Another thing about the company: As of 1950 (when their first automatic pitch/depth control lathe was first introduced), the corporate name was Scully Machine Co. – I can’t say at what point they became SRIC.
A 1975 classified ad in one of the engineers’ trade magazines – from United Western Studios in Hollywood, no less – mentioned a Scully 503 lathe and noted that that model lathe likewise had variable pitch/depth controls. Probably the one introduced in 1950, with features later carried over to the 601?