The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Wow fantastic work!

Thank you Mark, I have an idea how I can add a local suspension at the head mount location, going to work on developing that and report back when I have something to show. I really appreciate your reply Thanks again!

Some questions for the group; my current mount for the cutter head allows for a tilt, I haven't figured out how to make it vertically adjustable, as right now it is fixed. One thought is to make the entire gantry vertically adjustable and have some damping, or maybe its better to rework the mount po...

Here is another pic..

So its been quite some time since I posted an update. Life gets in the way of the cool stuff sometimes, but I'm back at it, made a little progess, but still need a way to go to be abke to cut any sound. I'd like to post a few pics and ask a few questions of the group.

Your machine looks great! Very well made!!

Here are some.pics of today's progress...

Thanks for the information on the stylus length. Once I get the complete assembly together and make initial tests I'm sure I will be fixing and tweaking the head ☺ right now the stylus/cone connection seems very rigid..so this may not work at all.id like to get away from using any hot glue at all on...

I follow what you are describing, and at this point I do not have any good answers for that, I thought along the lines of if there is a leverage increase because of some added distance between the stylus tip and the point at which the drivers contact the stylus mount, then that may in effect reduce ...

On reading your reply again, I may have misunderstood your question about stylus tip to pivot point, are you referring to the point from which the cones make contact with the surface they affect pressure on to the stylus tip?

Thanks! Sure so the drivers are 2.5w 6ohm they measure 2" diameter they came from a Dell speakers set, I don't know of a link to find them online they are just something I already had on hand. The cones I first made with paper to get an idea for the proper shape and size. I used some thin aluminum I...

Hello I'm new here, and totally inspired by the amazing works of other contributors to this forum. I've started down the path of a DIY lathe. I'm going to post a few pics..to document the construction phase, later when initial tests occur I'll start a new thread for that phase, and so on. Im ok at b...

Mark

Thank you for such a great explanation, that clears it up quite a bit!

I'm doing some more reading and study, soon I will have some newbie questions on feedback heads, at the moment I'm intrigued whether they are even at all remotely diy do-able.

-Carlos

For example, I am wondering if 3W speakers are powerful enough for a clean signal cut. Or am I better off with 5W. Adinol, I am new on the forum as well, and also building up a parts bin to jump into the DIY Lathe making arena. Your question is a good one, and I also have some small full range spea...

Hello Everyone :) I'm new here, very glad I found this group. My background is I'm a broadcast engineer in the LA area, mostly dealing with dreaded file based video workflows now, but cut my teeth when Tape was king. Anyway, I don't own a proper lathe cutting machine..but I am inspired by a youtube ...