The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Wilcox gay Recordette 3 IJ10 I think was the model. It was 3 speed and made in 1952. The mechanism was made by General Industries who made all the mechanisms for Wilcox Gay and other home cutters. They are still in business in Elyria Ohio (I think that’s the place). They are in business and may have...

I had a recording studio in he late fifties and early sixties in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time I was using a local pressing facility plus having pressings made by Clark Galehouse, owner of Shelly Products. His plant was in the East Coast and did all of his mastering on a Presto 8DG and pressed...

In the early sixties a company in huntington New York named Shelly products was injection molding 12" discs. He was using a special mix of styrene and the records were very quiet, little or no surface noise. The owner was Clark Galehouse and he mastered all of the discs on a modified Presto 8DG. His...

Lewis.... I tried emailing you directly and replying to your earlier post. I am intrigued that you are starting at an early age, as I did myself. I had the Grampian D head and the Gotham Amplifier. My system was modified by Howard Holzer (HECO) in California. I had the 6N lathe, in fact two of them....

I found when using the Grampian D head that varing the amount of damping fluid and viscosity takes away the thiness. I have cut both with the C & D head - C head was none feedback model. You could put higher levels on the disc with the D, and I used the Gotham Amp which I had modified by Howard Holz...

I discovered this site about a week ago and was really impressed. I started recording and mastering discs when I was 15 and was in the business until age 24. I started with a Wilcox Gay Recordette, then presto 6N with Grampian, then Neuman with Grampian. I tried to turn my hobby into a business, but...

This is the young man that I would like to be in contact with, possibly can help him. Does he have an email address or send him mine. dhersk@hutman.net

Thanks