Found A Used Golden uMax

[George Kinsey]

Hope to have it next week. One of my collection list. George.

[D&P-OR]

1 hour ago, George Kinsey said:

Hope to have it next week. One of my collection list. George.

Nice little machine (in its day).----One worthy to have for nostalgia/collection.

[stupot]

Lucky man! I don't expect to see one of those here in England. I like the notch feature.

Hoping to pick up a Mojave next week. Only out of interest and some fun too.

Let us know what you have please.

[George Kinsey]

4 minutes ago, stupot said:

Lucky man! I don't expect to see one of those here in England. I like the notch feature.

Hoping to pick up a Mojave next week. Only out of interest and some fun too.

Let us know what you have please.

Will do.

[Noah (FL)]

On 8/29/2024 at 12:00 PM, George Kinsey said:

Hope to have it next week. One of my collection list. George.

Nice find!!  I’m still on the hunt for one.  If you get bored and decide to sell it send me a message!!

[Mike_Hillis]

George,

Several of the used Golden uMax units I had bought in the past had the tone ranges mis-adjusted and I had to bring them back to spec.

If that is the case with yours, the key to a proper tone alignment is to make sure the Notch Width dial is at the 12:00 position before you start adjusting the Tone pot setting.  You want a clear tone difference between a zinc penny and a dime that also keeps a good solid tone on a nickle.   It takes a while to get it right as I would spend a good 30 to 40 minutes on one.   For whatever reason I never could micro adjust the pot, I would always have to smoothly adjust past the setting point then bring it back.  

Happy you found one.

Mike

[Bob S.]

On 8/29/2024 at 12:00 PM, George Kinsey said:

Hope to have it next week. One of my collection list. George.

Wow, here we go again, that's page 2 out of a catalog I designed for Tesoro during the MicroMax push. With the exception of the gold nugget, I used my own finds to help embellish the internal pages. Boy how time flies!