Record making system

A record making system comprising:

• a puck former movable between an automatic position and a semi-automatic position, the puck former having an outlet and adapted to periodically produce and deliver a puck to the outlet;
• a record former having a puck receiver and adapted, upon delivery of the puck to the puck receiver, to automatically produce a record, and the record former positioned relative to the puck former and adapted such that,
• when the puck former is in the automatic position, the outlet of the puck former is coterminous with the puck receiver of the record former, and
• when the puck former is in the semi-automatic position, the puck receiver is accessible by an operator to permit manual puck feeding;
• and
• the record former having a trimming subsystem and a press subsystem, wherein the trimming subsystem is pivotally connected to the press subsystem for pivotal movement between an active position, wherein the trimming subsystem is operatively connected to the press subsystem, and a mould-change position, wherein the trimming subsystem is spaced apart from the press subsystem in an inoperative position to permit access to moulds of the press subsystem.