The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I use it every day, its fanatasic to analyse and set the correct cutting volume. makes my work better and the studio work much more efficient

Yes I uesd that disc delay, I thinks there is no scene in one of the videos. But its very nice playing the trumpet and using the live delay as a second voice. Its limited because you have just one fixed "short" delay time because the tonearm is fix. You can use another groove to get longer ones but ...

So, continuous cuts as in locked grooves rather than cutting over existing grooves right? Yes I cut on blanks with no grooves on it ... In most cases I start the cut as a continous cut and end the cut at a specific cue point to have a nice loop. If I want a off center recordds its like symatic wrot...

I have a live performance disc cutting project called "SCHNITT" which is working with live cutting and reproduction. I use loops as well as continuous cuts and layer them with the performance. We used that method also for the production of our record (there will be a new one released shortly) I cut ...

thanks mike,
yes I thought installing some kind of wheels too, but I wanted to keep it light and simple..
What do you cut normally when you cut outside the studio ? concerts?

I bought a new vinylrecorder mainly for my mobile live/performance "SCHNITT" ( http://schnitt.bandcamp.com/ ). I perform together with markus who is playing several instruments and I cut live to disc which I play back in the live perfomance : http://www.duophonic.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Schnit...

nice to see that others tried same things :) reminds me to the modification I built for our vinylrecorder several years ago. http://www.duophonic.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Vinylrecorder-gesamt.jpg All the lead in - lead out and endloop Automations are done by normal relays (see the green switche...

hi,
i have to fix a radiotone ra 116 lathe. Its very rare, do someone have a manual or even schematics for this maschine ?
I could tr it without but its much easier if I find some kind of information..
thanks to all
best
moritz

I'm cutting with a fishtank pump for over 10 years now, without any trouble, bouth laquer and pvc. just put some baby pouder in hose.

perhaps its your damping. the little metal disc should sit completly in the oil, without air bubbles. the head is a little stiffer than and can not jump so easy. you need 15- 20 grams then.
good luck

I have checked the manuals of both sp10 and sp15 . the sp10 has 5 kg/cm and the sp15 2.5 kg/cm torque. Also the bearings and the motor of the sp15 looks more like a 1210.

I have a technics sp10 installed for my vinylrecorder . Its perfect for cutting because of the perfect bearing and the high torgue . The wow and flutter is 0,01% or 1 Hz that is very good . I think the Sp15 is ok. but not so strong like a sp10 . I would wait getting a Sp10.
good luck

I had the same problem some weeks ago. you are using apollos right? witch batch number? I can check on monday in the office if they are the same... I checked everything like you , with the same frustrating results. the only thing that helped was using a new box of transcos. now everything is working...

very well done !! love to see all the other trolls here in europe..
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I found another very interessting press two days ago: http://sammlerhaus-koethen.de/10742.jpg Its a real beauty!! It looks like its a stand alone version, with all needed features! you can buy a technical manual of this machine here : http://sammlerhaus-koethen.de/NEU/vorschlg/V_014.htm but the guy ...

I tried the Linux programm flo posted, I did a first try with filtered noise. The result very impressive...
I'll do some more tests and keep you informed

so..... with the wire connected to the new clock of the motor device I have a 1,2 sec change ... too fast, if I disconnect this wire I have 1,8 sec thats the correct amount. nevertheless I went back to my internal VMS 70 pitch computer, because the ZUMA did strange things: If I callibarte everything...

Ok I check the time change with no wire connected on the weekend .. Should it have the the same rate ?
Because its not so easy to set up this ZUMA correctly I now cut again with my neumann pitch.... I have to do some jobs, they couldn´t wait...
So I hope that I have news next week..

NO!. It has to be TTL level: a digital pulse 0 to +5 volts. OK, I now put a transformer between my Motor control device and the Sync input of the motherboard to get the TTL level. But what happened now is the the white light don´t change its status every 1.8 sec ( at 33,3rpm) as it was before but e...

You'll find an orange or orange/white striped wire that runs from a terminal strip in the power supply to the underside of the motherboard. Detach the power supply end of this wire and connect to a TTL level 60Hz frequency source. You can Google for crystal derived 60Hz clock circuit to use for thi...