The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Right now I'm considering pushing my pressing out to October and just skipping the related issues during the hot summer months, if the plant is willing...

I got the test pressings. The noise is getting better (less). The b-side is much better. There is still a problem with the first 1/2 inch into the b-side, there's a rather loud swatch of scratchiness, but and character of the scratchiness is different with each test pressing. So, I think the main so...

Interesting post:

https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=1974&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&mforum=lathetrolls

I'm curious to hear my new tests after the adjustments and new raw vinyl.

The lathe: it's a Neumann VMS 66 lathe with an SX74 cutter head. The actual cut is great, I can't detect hardly any distortion, if any, throughout the entire disc. I asked for more conservative levels for a cleaner cut. I suppose that makes the noise stand out more, but it's not super quiet, I have ...

Right now the pressing plant is addressing issues with "materials" (raw vinyl I would imagine) and they have made some adjustments to the press. They want to make new test pressings for me. I've suggested pulling stampers from the mothers, but they don't seem to want to do that, yet. I did load audi...

Hello, I'm in the process of trying to get a 12" 33RPM album with 20 minute sides out. I now have test pressings. The reference acetates were rather noisy (crackle throughout the entire sides) and now my test pressings seem quite noisy in a similar crackling way. Now, I know it's possible to cut and...