The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

It's been a while since I posted. I thought I would revisit this with my findings in case someone else out there has the same issue. Observing through my o-scope, I drove a 1k tone into clipping and made a test cut. I was still cutting at really low volumes. Although, making adjustments to the head ...

Thanks for the reply Mark! To answer your first question, there's about a 17 dBvu difference between a commercial pressing and my cut. I am using the original, onboard electronics (R8a amp). I'm afraid to drive the amp too much because I don't want to blow the the original cutter head. My next step ...

Hi everyone! My studio purchased a Rek O Kut Challenger with TR12h table and M12 lathe last fall. Long story short, it was packaged horribly, insurance didn't want to pay out and it took way to long to get compensated for damages. Finally, I've got the various parts damaged in shipped repaired and I...

Hi everyone! My name is Carl. My brother and I own a full service vintage recording studio near a Chicago called Custom Recording Co. (facebook.com/customrecordingco) We recently made the jump into disc cutting. Last Fall we purchase a Rek-O-Kut Challenger from eBay. It was sold to us as restored, b...