The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

yeah sorry i'm reading it again now that i am more awake and what i wrote doesn't make any sense! but ok, so that means ~10.75v would be max voltage / speed and minimum LPI?

If you apply a voltage (Vin) to this jack, the regulator will output a voltage to the motor (Vout) such that Vout = Vin + 1.25V.

if this is accurate and i understand it correctly, then as voltage is increased from 0 to 1.25v, the motor would gradually slow down from maximum speed to a stop.

this is interesting! so it sounds like souri's groove distance controller might not necessarily be required if you can program it yourself. you would just need something like an amplitude follower outputting cv and a digital delay for adjusting the original signal to match the latency of the width c...

can you hear the volume drop in the transducers on your cutterhead? if so, the problem is somewhere before that in your chain.

have you checked your cutterhead amplifier?

does your cutterhead have anything like a dashpot for shock absorbing?

if you're itb anyway, couldn't you just use a nice waves plugin or something? maybe get a midi controller or something so you can do it with your hands.

prosilver seems pretty straightforward and an easy transition from the current style. rock n roll could be ok without the silly graphics.

hello trolls. i know there are a few other folks out there doing it already, but i wanted to toss my hat in the ring for short run direct-to-board jacket printing: 7" 1-5: $3.00 6-19: $2.25 20+: $1.50 10" 1-5: $4.00 6-19: $3.00 20+: $2.00 12" 1-5: $5.00 6-19: $3.75 20+: $2.50 all prices shown includ...

this is what i was thinking of but it appears to have been discontinued:
https://www.goldenpaints.com/technicalinfo/technicalinfo_digigrnd

there might be similar products though.

oh in terms of printing on the blank side though - i vaguely recall hearing about some kind of clear coating you can spray onto a surface to make it printable with regular ink. let me see if i can find out what it was. also, do you know the maximum media thickness that can be fed through your printe...

i wouldn't be concerned about cutting through it, just gunking up the stylus in the process.

before or after cutting? if it is before cutting, i would think that it would interfere with a clean cut - after cutting and i would be concerned about ink filling in grooves. are you planning on the printed side being playable?

myshank is the only source i know of for colored blanks. you could have pressed blanks made i guess but ymmv with cutting those. in terms of laser cutting - there are many things to take into consideration. for example, pvc can not be laser cut, so you would need to use a different type of plastic. ...

i can print short-run 7" or 10" jackets but not 12" just yet. pm me if you are interested.

i'm just cutting plastic right now while i save up for my first batch of lacquers from apollo, but this is very useful, thank you.

my apologies, i feel as if this question has been asked and answered before, but i tried using the forum search and couldn't find what i was looking for. what are some possible causes for skipping only around the outer edges of a 12"? i'm cutting on a vr with souri's external motor and steel plate. ...

there might be a better way to do it, idk.

i was having this problem recently and narrowed it down to my lead screw. if you put your ear close to the overhead, you might be able to hear it squeaking as it rotates. the sound went away for me once i removed the overhead, cleaned off the screw with q-tips, squirted some oil around the carriage,...

any recommendations on cleaning and maintenance? i've been cutting for a few years now without ever thinking about it, but the flywheel rotation has started to become noticeably less smooth lately and i can hear squeaking noises that are coming through on my records. when i touch the screw, it is di...