Curious as to who makes these

[Administrator]

The conversation I had with the guy was that he made it for fun and really would never sell it. Shame it would kinda look like it was dancing. If you saw the care he put into the details on the coil machines he made you could tell this was made as a prototype/joke. Just really kicking my self for never getting a video of the thing running for the full effect.

[rjdadio]

I had one very much like this in my hand back about 99 or 2000. The shop I had been making machine parts for gave me two machines to copy, said both were from Italy. The one I had had a stainless wheel where this looks like a brass wheel. Also, the wheel had more of a bump than a gradual wedge to it. The armature bar was setup with a shouldered screw it rotated on, and the follower spring adjustment screw was placed a little higher than this one. Both of the machines I was handed were screwed together and not welded.....like this looks. At the time, I thought this one was too weird so I didn't work on it for them....did redo the other into 1 CNC part versus the 4 parts screwd together. I was told at that time both were Poalini's, but I have never seen one like it with Lauro's name. but maybe???

[tattoo4satan]

it looks like one this guy named gentle on the hyperspace forum built. i could be wrong but i remember he built one with a spring and contact screw.

[Inkspression]

Softening the hit makes soft shading easier