Thanks- out of curiosity does the bronze cylinder give any indication of age?
I think Stuart stopped producing bronze cylinders for the S50 in the 1980's but i might be wrong about that. I know the factory machine kits i've seen had bronze cylinders and the bases were painted all black, i know Nick owned one.
That I did, sold it on eBay last year and now have to early round-crank S-50's
