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Here’s a video link of the 1st of 2 of these machines I’ve had for a while but didn’t have the space nor access to them before recently. Now I do. This one is likely sold already to one of our members who has already seen pictures of it. All I did to this one is wipe it down and it operates pretty good as is. The other machine, I am keeping and after having to install the changer in it, I see that the needle lands short of the record and at the end of the record, it doesn’t trip the record change process. I’m sure there is a way to adjust these issues. I’ll post a video of VE 10-35 #2 as well, when I get my machine up to speed.

https://youtu.be/GCkVIcvm8S0

very nice

Putting the needle down in the right place is an obnoxiously difficult adjustment. It's under the deck plate, and after trial and error you should be able to get it to put down in the right place.

Nice photos and video. Thanks for including the photo of the back side of the horn. It's always a little scary watching the records as they are tossed into the pile on the left. YIKES!

Yes, another TMF member did indeed buy this, and it arrived today courtesy of the Jerry B Express, packaged wonderfully, as usual. Will try to fire it up and post pics in the next few days.

Thanks again to Wayne... aka Victrola-Monkey and also aka my Mefistofeles. Seriously, thanks to Wayne I now have a Victor Type 1 and 2 changer, and soon a type 3, to go with my type 4. Somebody please help me....

gramophone-georg wrote:
Thanks again to Wayne... aka Victrola-Monkey....

Now that is a great looking machine. I am very jealous! Those type II changers seem to change records tantalizingly slowly when you watch them - although I don't know how many seconds it does actually take to cycle a record on one of these and how that compares to a type I changer? As you now have both would it be possible for you to compare?

I think Wayne certainly deserves a shout out for all he does as he has provided me with a number of difficult to get parts, advice and information to help me with my 9-55 that I am working on (still!) He also provided the collecting community with the opportunity to buy fully (and sympathetically) restored 9-55's and I also really like his 9-55 / 10-50 hybrids.

phonosandradios wrote:
Now that is a great looking machine. I am very jealous! Those type II changers seem to change records tantalizingly slowly when you watch them - although I don't know how many seconds it does actually take to cycle a record on one of these and how that compares to a type I changer? As you now have both would it be possible for you to compare?

I don't own a 10-50 but I think by seeing videos on YouTube it's obviously faster than the 10-35. In my experience the 10-35 feels slow when you're watching it, but if you're kicked back with a book and relaxing it's not bad at all.

phonosandradios wrote:

gramophone-georg wrote:
Thanks again to Wayne... aka Victrola-Monkey....

Now that is a great looking machine. I am very jealous! Those type II changers seem to change records tantalizingly slowly when you watch them - although I don't know how many seconds it does actually take to cycle a record on one of these and how that compares to a type I changer? As you now have both would it be possible for you to compare?

I think Wayne certainly deserves a shout out for all he does as he has provided me with a number of difficult to get parts, advice and information to help me with my 9-55 that I am working on (still!) He also provided the collecting community with the opportunity to buy fully (and sympathetically) restored 9-55's and I also really like his 9-55 / 10-50 hybrids.

The hybrids are wonderful. I own one. The 10-50 works and horn fits so well and the finishes match so perfectly that it looks like a factory original. I don't know how much slower the 10-35 actually is than the 10-50 if, in fact, at all. The type 3 will be faster at changing, I think, and the type 4 "thrower" is very fast- although the most unreliable, as it "misses" a throw occasionally, allowing the record to get flung around the playing area and possibly smashed by the dropping of the throwing arm. These types are a bear to adjust, too... quite finicky.

The type 1 and 2 I am confident in leaving to their own devices, as the 3 will be I'm sure, but I can't turn my back on the "thrower".

What's nice about the type 1 is the reliable mechanism and auto shut off. The type 2 adds the ability to mix 10 and 12 inch records. Both these types need an eccentric stopping groove to trip, though. On the type 3 you are limited to 10" records on the changer only, with no shut off at the end, BUT it is tripped by either an eccentric or a spiral stopping groove which means Brunswicks or post 1930 Columbias can be used (possibly earlier Columbias, too, but I need to see if the record magazine will hold the slightly larger earlier Columbia discs). The Type 4 does 10 or 12 inch (but not intermixed) and will handle the spiral or eccentric stopping groove as well, but no auto shutoff in changer mode.

Thanks for posting this machine. I can't believe that the records don't get damaged when they are ejected to the side.

Phono-Phan wrote:Thanks for posting this machine. I can't believe that the records don't get damaged when they are ejected to the side.

I like living on the edge, I guess. I do plan to add some protective padding to the posts the records come to rest against, though.