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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: RE: Ahhh... posted by kootenay on February 04, 2021 at 08:41:26

This morning I looked at that Sony, and while paging through my email - there was that Nagra, arrogantly staring right into my face...

Now... I currently am down to two Nagra's, and I was not thinking of more, but this one was clean and offered at nice price, so I just snatched it.

I actually like that older style, Nagra III, better, than the more modern IV. Many years ago... too many... as a boy in Leningrad, I saw that machine hanging from the shoulder of some cameraman... and it was love at first sight.

Another Nagra III (Open in New Window)

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What's wrong with you? - kootenay 12:34:39 02/04/21 (2)
No wonder I can't find any Nagra reel to reel machines available for good prices. Kidding aside, I do appreciate the precision machining that goes into these things and this was made around the '60s where the CAD system and CNC machines weren't even in the blink of the engineer's eyes yet.

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
- Just some Old World machinists... - Victor Khomenko 12:42:21 02/04/21 (1)
  ...working their manual lathes.
  
  In 1945 the Russians took a lot of factory equipment from the occupied German area.
  
  These machines were still in use in the eighties at some Soviet military plants.
  - RE: Just some Old World machinists... - rivervalley817 13:13:05 02/04/21 (0)
    a good micrometer and someone who knows how and what to measure is still needed to program the CNC machine though
    
    so there's still that ...
    
    regards,

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