The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Wow! Looking good!!! Nice find on the microscopes as well! Anybody got a spare 6n scope/arm?

-Michael

Thanks, Yeah, I just have a dead one. Not sure what's going on but it's a 500ohm and I'd like to get it rewound to 8ohm. I noticed Presto repair in Australia looks like he's doing some great work. Just was curious what our options were stateside.

Thanks,

Michael

Hi all,

Anybody know any options for repair of a Presto 1-D? I know Gib can fix them but was just curious if there was anyone else in the states repairing these heads.

Thanks!

Michael

Good deal on the 78's curious to know how it works out.

Thanks Jesus. You were cutting and not embossing then right? If so I'd like to give it a shot. Any idea on many hours you were getting out of a sapphire?

-Michael

Hi all, I've seen it mentioned on the forum before and I realize that polycarbonate with diamond seems to be the material and medium of choice these days but is anyone currently cutting with acrylic and sapphire? I believe a few trolls were having some luck with this some time back. I was just curio...

A great resource. Thanks for posting this!

-Michael

9k is about right for a 6n these days. Only kidding. I imagine you probably saw the one on ebay recently that was going for that?! A bit steep!

Thanks opcode, Still would love to know if these were specially formulated or if this material is a product already available from one of the plastic manufacturers.

-Michael

Piaptk, If it's one of those Ion portable tables they can be pretty bad. I had one with bad wow and flutter that was helped quite a bit by applying some light oil to the spindle. I can't remember exactly how the thing was constructed but you should be able to lift off the platter and oil it that way...

Nice Peter! Are you pretty happy with it so far? Is the 40x enough? I've got a usb scope I'm using with mine. It's handy for some stuff but I'd like to eventually get something a little better than what I have.

~Michael

Flozki,

That's great! Do you have anything recorded?! Any tracking issues with those trees?

~Michael

Mani, I'm not too familiar with the K model but how is the mech that lowers the cutter/stylus to the platter on your model? I know you will want to take great care lowering the diamond so that it doesn't chip or get damaged. I'm not sure how the different cutter path setup will effect things maybe o...

Hey guys this would beat the hell out of American Pickers or Pawn Stars. Lots of thrills and drama for sure. You would have to have some episodes were Mike is attempting to keep the four prestos up and running simultaneously. :D Then just throw in a load of angry customers, some broken diamonds, war...

My 6n already had threads and a screw tapped into the shaft. I was under the assumption that this wasn't a mod by the previous owner but perhaps it was. Either way mine stays put. Let me know if a pic would help at all.

-Michael

Yes, Very Cool!

Great. Thanks Aaron. I totally spaced looking at McMaster for one. I will post back if I can find something that ends up working well.

~Michael

Chris,

Hopefully she doesn't mind it being posted here. It's:dmv&aes.org. Replace the & with @.


-Michael

Hi all,

I was interested in replacing the head suspension spring on my presto 6n. Has anybody found anything that is a suitable replacement?

Thanks!

-Michael

Nice work Jay! Continue to keep us updated!