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The 15 ohm Universal cutter that was being worked on is finished and there's photos and a video of it being tested...

Looks fantastic, great job!

Imagine the frame/housing coil covers ect all made of anodised alloy or all chromed up - It would look insane....

What do the big coils run like?

I'm drooling...

They all look great fellaz! - maybe one day i might have a go at doing something similar....

I havn't got schematics but here's a couple pics my heating system on my presto 1-c http://www.flickr.com/photos/70504575@N03/7252252828/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/70504575@N03/6394545023/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/70504575@N03/6936635943/in/photostream/ I built m...

I'd have to agree with audadvnc It might be easier to start from scratch... If you have a good dig around here on trolls - you will find plenty of photos of members home made stereo heads I've been looking into building a stereo head and from what i've seen - it would not be too complicated or expen...

I had tracking issues when i first started trialing different degrees - I soon realised that when i adjust the degree of the cutter, i had to also adjust the weight of the cutter... Simply put - when the degree of the cutter is changed - it also changes the amount of direct downward weight being app...

"Please bear in mind that I have limited experience and knowledge of lathes compared to some" "Here in Oz, cutting is almost non existant and i don't have anybody here to guide me" I built my lathe from the ground up and don't have any experience on any other lathe - my education comes from reading ...

Very sad to hear the news - I never had honour of meeting him, but his legendary status was well known throughout the lathe world...

My Condolences to the family and all who knew him personally...

We have all lost a truly great man...

My assumption was that it was a diamond - Clear stone, didn't realise that there were clear saphs made - I am only familiar with steel, ruby/saphire and diamond... It is an old capps styli - had 5 originally - sold 4 with the original cardboard packaging to a guy in sydney with an old cutterhead (th...

Thanks for the heads up regarding that - Will keep an eye out for it Either way i look at it i can't go too wrong having 2 ways to cut I can go about it - Sitting up and facing forward with a fresh tip then once its beat up a bit, i can turn it around and start leaning back I've got a diamond tip he...

Of late i have been embossing - been getting better results than cutting the thread even when using a cacked styli - My best results to date embossing with a 65deg lean (with no heat applied) I really can't wait to break out a new saphire and turn up the heat - given the results i got yesterday... I...

Hi all, Today i conducted a series of test cuts and adjustments to my lathe and have found finally found the sweet spot... "YAY! :D " While testing out vinyl plotter blades i managed to get a super deep and quiet cut (emboss style) See "Vinyl plotter blades - anyone tried" https://lathetrolls.com/vi...

Test results are in on vinyl plotter blades... "Presto 6d - Stanton Str8-150 turntable - mimaki 60 deg vinyl plotter blade" Cutting Don't bother - no flat front and you'll just tear up your blank with a god awful screech... Embossing - [ u]"This was a very interesting test and the results caused me...

What ever the true name of it is.. (Pitch, tempo etc...) it seems that some tracks just prefer to be cut at 45 instead of 33 1/3 - No biggy really, just a good learning curve for me... I was doing some more test cutting and tuning of the lathe today & had a friend over who stuck around to see it all...

Hi there tripp, If you are having problems with tracking - here's a few things you could check over... 1. groove depth - make sure that the groove is deep enough for the styli to track in (add some more weight or downward pressure to the cutterhead if needed) its not like playback where you only nee...

Thanks for the suggestion Angus. I actually have robert miles on vinyl "Children Rocks! - I have also got adolesence too"... I had a quick listen to skillrex (I get where ya coming from) completly different feel to them, One has more energy the other one has less - I guess in future I'd just have to...

Angus McCarthy Wrote: It could have to do with faster-tempo'd songs often being "louder" in general. Hmmmm! this sounds sort of on the right path to what i have noticed... To describe it simply - It's sort of the same effect that happens on a DJ CDJ when you set the bpm and don't use the master tem...

Hi all, Just wondering if there is a general rule to cutting when it comes to bpm v's rpm? Of late i've been doing a bit of test cutting to tune up my presto lathe and i have found that if the source material is 128bpm or higher - i get better results when i cut at 45 instead of 33 1/3... When i cut...

Myself, along with half of the members on trolls have had a go with cds at one stage or another - I found them to be very good as a medium, but just not big enough - I'm cutting my own markolon discs now - Just found out through my supplier that i can get tinted (Black) markolon (will get some on my...