The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I am considering selling my ATOM A101 record lathe. I bought it initially from a reputable seller in Tel Aviv who made sure all the belts were changed before I received and everything well lubricated and cleaned. I actually cut 100, 33 records, A and B sides and sold all of them at an art space in C...

Did you ever end up selling it? Your last offer was the best I have seen so far with most going for approx. 3K. I will be putting mine on the market soon and it is in fine condition as well and comes with two MyShank synthetic diamond styli. I would super surprised if that lathe did not sell. If I d...

Hey All, I am planning to sell my ATOM A101 soon. I am going to list it for 3000 US - it also comes with two diamond MyShank cutting stylus, one with heating wires, one without and both with only 50 cuts on each). I had posted that I had a problem with it - but the problem was with me and not giving...

Mark - it WAS a fuse!! Now the platter is spinning! Thank thank thank you fellow trolls from a very appreciative newbie!

I could use a schematic as well for my ATOM. did you ever get a reply? Thanks -jer

I feel really bad for those who were ripped off. That is simply the worst thing I have heard yet. I can't even imagine and I hope you can go after him and get some justice on this. That is a lot of money to cheated of.

I purchased a new transformer to step down to 100 - but I have not validated the output of the transformer itself as it was new. All lights come on when I power up and the platter does move into and out of position as I move from Standing to Forward to Recording and End. I don't hear a faint sound f...

Does anyone out there have a schematic for the ATOM A101? I am going to try to see if a local electronics place can find out what is the issue with the one I purchased. Then if I decide to sell rather than invest more - I can say what exactly is wrong with it. Right now, the platter does not spin. O...

I bought an ATOM 101 from misterinspace <kalbat_jq5896rio@members.ebay.co.uk> over 90 days ago. As the time is over 90 days I can cannot contact the seller and that ID is no longer on eBay. It looked pristine and the seller seemed very knowledgeable and decent. However, after doing my reading, buyin...

I am a newbie and over 90 days ago I purchased an ATOM101 from ebay and the seller seemed decent and the lathe arrived in pristine condition. I wanted to get a good diamond needle, a step down transformer from 120V to Japanese 100 and do some reading on it before I tried my first cut. When I tried m...

Hey AL! Thanks so much for your post. Can you refer me to a US source for PolyCarb blanks. The shipping from France is a killer. Thanks - Jer
ps: The Trolls have all been wonderful - I really appreciate this forum.

Painstaking indeed. Can I get link to that translation of the manual. I too have the original manual in Japanese. Would be so grateful -Jer

I have seen some posts of folks who had sources for CNC'd round blanks but YEARS ago. I am about to order some 7" pvc blanks and a diamond needle at MyShank - but with shipping it is a killer. I want to try embossing using tungsten cones but I need polycarb blanks for this. Anyone have any updated s...

Thank all so much! You probably have had to answer these questions before and I apologize for that. You really helped me here!

I have read where there are no dumb questions but I feel pretty dumb and if I cant get answers here I will just keep on looking Although I have all the documentation to the ATOM I just purchased - it is ALL in Japanese. Here are my questions: 1) I did not get a heating wire with it. A) what kind of ...

I am replying to this post because the images of the Vanrock (Atom) 101 lathe user manual were not view-able. This request has probably been made before, and replied to - and I apologize if that is that case - but can anyone point me to getting a copy or a pdf to the lathe user manual? I would very ...

I am a musician and visual artist and I love doing graphic packaging of music. I love that is so much more tangible. I want to be able to offer limited runs of a pieces and package them so each is a unique piece of art. Would an ATOM A101 be a good place for me to start my learning of recording lath...

Hello All! I am a musician and visual artist who cannot really embrace streaming music. I know CDs are history but I love to be able to hold a CD photo of Irish fiddler Padraig O'Keefe while listening to him playing The Woman of the House or reading the insert of tunings used by Dick Gaughan on one ...