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- Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Laboratory Filtering Flask as Chip Jar?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1632
Re: Laboratory Filtering Flask as Chip Jar?
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. So just do it. Many ingenious things have come about because a few brave lateral thinkers tried something that others didn't think of or dismissed as nonsensical. I wouldn't have tried it for two reasons. Firstly, because glass can break and I always have t...
- Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Embossed records plays or don’t plays on turntables.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1448
Re: Embossed records plays or don’t plays on turntables.
That's why good ones Dub-Cut's can be better than bad factory pressings. The explanation: I once spoke to a record producer who said that it is always better to do the mastering separately from the pressing plant. The reason is commercial! A record pressing plant wants to sell a lot of records but o...
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Our Cutters and their work
- Topic: New member, old cutter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8838
- Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
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Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Control panel (part 5) The VU meter (dB display) did not work either! Not on either channel. Something was displayed, but the needle hardly moved. I spent at least a whole day looking for the fault and couldn't find it. The fault was me. I used an old circuit for dB meters and simply built it witho...
- Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:54 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
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Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Control panel (part 4) Connect all the plugs and carry out the first tests. Something went wrong straight away! The balance and volume controls didn't do what they were supposed to do. It's been many years (decades) since I last planned balance controllers. It's only easy if you've done it before. ...
- Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:51 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
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Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Hi PLD & Semar. Thank you very much.
FYI, holidays are when you are not physically working on your project. HaHa. So only my brain was working but only 1000 ideas came up. Probably because the heat affected the neuronal connections.
FYI, holidays are when you are not physically working on your project. HaHa. So only my brain was working but only 1000 ideas came up. Probably because the heat affected the neuronal connections.
- Tue Jun 25, 2024 5:50 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The ShortCut : full lathe build from a total craft noob
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1543
Re: The ShortCut : full lathe build from a total craft noob
Great work. With little prior knowledge and little technical knowledge, you have plucked up the courage to embark on this adventure. "You can do it" is the right approach! A great project with good results even in the first year. Experiment and make as many mistakes as possible. That's important! Th...
- Tue Jun 25, 2024 5:08 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Semar choice 😁🔥
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2843
Re: Semar choice 😁🔥
What do you think about this? Hello Semar, I don't know! In terms of weight, this stainless steel is about the same weight as the favoured phosphor bronze (~8 kg/dm³). However, stainless steel cannot be soldered and is harder to bend (if you need to). Aluminium is only 2.7 kg/dm³, so it is much lig...
- Sat Jun 15, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Semar choice 😁🔥
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2843
- Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Control panel (part 3) The PCBs for the front panel are already there, as are the necessary components. Unfortunately, the electronic components have become quite expensive in the meantime. And then there are the plugs! (I just wanted to make a quick comment). The PCBs, on the other hand, were quit...
- Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
- Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Semar choice 😁🔥
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2843
Re: Semar choice 😁🔥
Hello Semar - great project! A powerful motor is very important to ultimately achieve good results. In terms of power, the scooter motor will be absolutely sufficient. Whether the smooth running can be achieved depends on the software and the ball bearings. I think that the ball bearings are good fo...
- Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:32 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Control panel (part 2) Now I install the components in the front panel. First the LEDs, then the switches and potentiometers (from ALPS). I chose nice stainless steel pushbutton switches and for the potentiometers I made knurled aluminium knobs. The feel is really great! . . Panel B 01.jpg . . Then...
- Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
- Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:06 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
Control panel At the beginning of the year, I decided to tackle the control panel as well. This came about because the provisional operation of my lathe was already quite confusing. I always had to press small switches on the motherboard and the touch display was always lying around somewhere betwe...
- Wed Jun 12, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: stylus heating question (plastic)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 20282
Re: stylus heating question (plastic)
I also thought about the ‘hot knife through butter’ principle. But many people write that the crackling (i.e. ‘static discharge’) is also reduced. I have also had this experience. However, I can't narrow it down to the heating. The antistatic spray or the cutting depth could also have something to d...
- Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Lockdown turntable and lathe - a DIY project
- Replies: 126
- Views: 410267
Re: Lockdown turntable and lathe - a DIY project
The smallest finished part I found has a diameter of 1.6mm (for 1.5mm rods). The outside is 6mm. https://www.amazon.de/MB-Modellbau-Berthold-Stellringe-Messing-Vernickelt/dp/B06WP2Z14F?th=1 But the material is brass and therefore heavy. I think you can achieve better results if you take a 6mm alumin...
- Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
CHECK BOTH CHANNELS DISTORTION Play a 1kHz signal (Line In connection of the FB-AMP.). Slowly increase the power amplifier (both channels) (slightly louder than during the calibration procedures) to check for distortion. Video to check both channels for distortion: . . F06 FP9_FP-comp-amp 1_3 PCB A...
- Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
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Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
CONTROL BOTH CHANNELS SIMULTANEOUSLY Play a 1kHz signal (Line In connection of the FB-AMP.). Power Amplifier (both channels) approximately centre position (as before for the left channel): The display on the dB meter should be the same. Video to check both channels for equality: F05 FP9_FP-comp-amp...
- Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 308
- Views: 6530509
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
SETTING RIGHT CHANNEL Play a 1kHz signal (Line In connection of the FB-AMP.). Power Amplifier (right channel only) slightly above the centre position (same position as before for the left channel): LINE-IN MODULATION --- turn slowly anti-clockwise (left channel) After two or three turns, the signal...