The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

thought diamond black was classed as 1 of the 2 under the radar plants??

is Geoff Pullen still working? thought he had retired?

also

"There are three plants in London. Volunteer to work at one for free for a week and see how you go."

is some great advise and you will see the pros and cons to the different types of press's

yes manual press's are cheeper but you try to make a 1000 records on one and you will soon realise why only picture discs are made on them! You dont need a full auto press that does the sleeving and everything but just one that drops them onto a spindal so you can check each one and sleeve it your s...

I have not made a record out of 100% edges before but i have made many records out of 100% regrind (old records with the centers punched out). i would say to the untrained eye / ear that you would not notice any difference. But yes there is a difference you loose the "shiny look" , and possiable "no...

have you thought about the cost of mastering and galvanics, and also where you can get this done?

Yes samples from your plant would be best but the pigments should never cause "noise" issues as long as the recomended amount is used.

I did not think DB did shaped picture disc's?

May give you some idea of colours that can be produced. http://www.colloids.co.uk/masterbatch/colour.php you can also have records that have special pigments which make them ‘Glow in the Dark’, Sparkle, Transparent, Pearlescent, Iridescent, wood effect and mottle etc... http://www.hamptoncolours.co....

yes i am in the uk, thats why i was interested in the possability of seeing these press's come to auction, so when you said these were sold i was amazed as this story only broke 2 weeks ago and knowing our great british system i would have thought that it would be closer to 2 months for any thing to...

Any ideas who to?

Nottinghamtoolexalpha, have you got your plant up and running now? i did try to ring you on that number but i think it was wrong, and have not seen you on here for a while

http://newsblog.thecmuwebsite.com/?tag=/scenario+records UK's biggest vinyl piracy factory busted? by cmumusicnews 24. June 2010 12:17 According to reports, police and anti-piracy officers from the UK record industry recently raided a property west of London where illegal vinyl records were being ma...

John did you get my PM?

Hi Nottingham,

Just wondering how you are going on after the lost of your engineer and wandering if you need a hand at all?