The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hello! I can share a little bit of my alpha toolex experience. heating is usually 6-8seconds (steam & condensate valve fully open), depending on the steam trap, this should work. I prefer Spirax Sarco FT14 with ball inside or similar. after heating, the cake & labels are loaded. after loading, the ...

In the "advanced settings" section of the touchscreen for our Warmtones, we have a page that shows the breakdown of what happens when the moulds warm up and cool down. Here's what we have... Heat:(using a 10 second warm up time) * Heat & Cold Drain - 5.25 seconds * Heat & Hot Drain - 3 seconds * Hea...

Awesome!!! I've been doing this for two years now and while all the guys at my plant are happy to work in the framework of what they've been taught, I'm the nutty one who questions everything and experiments with different settings and spends portions of my weekends lost in thought over how to press...

I've been able to get the mould temp down to about 95 at best. The Viryltech Warmtone allows me up to 20 seconds to cool the moulds down...and it made the worst stitching I've ever seen.

This is my second post on the forum. I wanted to ask those of you who have experience in running record presses what are the best ways out there to ensure you're pressing a truly top notch record. Here's what I'm working with... 1. I run 2 Viryltech Warmtone automatic presses that are connected to a...

Is MossBoss on here frequently? I'd like to ask him a few questions if I can.

Update: Extruder temps are now 280/290/300 F and as of right now, 280/300/320 F with the die zone at 305. Records come out looking better, sound is better and this alone has gotten rid of some noise on lead ins. Mold temp is right about 250 F, cool time is 115 F. Records are flat, sound great, but s...

I'll try warming the molds to 290° tonight and see what happens. It's only about 15° hotter, but that might help. After that, it's a question of making sure the records aren't warped and no stitching...and I don't waste 30 records in the process. 🤣. All of this stems from just wanting to do things i...

Still learning, experimenting and still asking questions. Now I can run the extruders correctly so were no longer pressing with vinyl that's either burned or not melted properly (and getting much nicer results), I'm also seeing the right balanced between mold temperatures and the length of time the ...

Unfortunately, we don't have access to the mother's as we don't do our own electroplating and get our stampers from outside sources. We have had some stampers made from damaged mothers before. In regards to clicks and ticks on the lead-ins as well as the full dynamic range I mentioned, the problem w...

Hi everyone, I'm brand new here and have been a record press operator at a small record pressing plant for the last two years. We run Viryltech Warmtones and I'm here today to ask for tips, suggestions, advice, tricks, etc. on how to really press a high quality record. I hate to say this, but I feel...