The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

wanted - dead or alive

Hi Trolls! A friend asked me to help sell his Vinylrecorder, so I thought I put it here..: FS Vinylrecorder, inculding: - mechanics - cutterhead - main electronics - power supply - monitor switcher - microscope - precision plate for turntable + there's also the external tt motor rim drive It is a se...

But now there is a large gap between the screws on the mount and the bracket on back of cutterhead. :shock: I guess there's not really a difference between small gap and large gap, because in the end it is always just the grub screws pressing against the bar for clamping action. So unless you have ...

Hi Al! I don't have a Gotham rig, but I would do a few things: - DON'T use the headphone out, it is just bad. Any of the modern 2ch usb interfaces for 100$ or less will give you satisfying results. The Gotham deserves nice sound! - From what I see, the 600 Ohms Input should be fine. So you could wir...

...all I want for christmas is...
->anyting ortofon<-
thx, and have a good time

Hi Mike!
I have some - if you need something specific let me know via pm.
I hope on of the CPS offered here has a good home now?

Thanks
Lukas

ISO ORTOFON...blue, red, green, black, silver, tube, transistor...paper

Anyone?

Thanks!

Hi PMST! Hmm, from what I know the VR pitch motor is simply driven by a LM317 voltage regulator without any servo control as found on professional machines. So if the motors match close enough, and the mechanics don't load them heavily probably the best indicator would be to measure the voltage acro...

Thanks Dub Bull!

Has been quite a while since I was on discolathe...

...but still looking for more

256 days since the last bump - maybe somebody found something?

Thank you

Dear Helmut! Normally you should be able to recycle the oil in the coupler as it is not really lubricating and doing nothing special. It is rather used as a rough lowpassfilter/damper for filtering out the noise from the lyrec motor... Unfortunately I also lost the can with the sticky stuff from my ...

Mono like it is 1952

what a motor, has 28kg torque! Yes, it is a dedicated motor for the purpose! But from my findings in the field torque is not everything (imo 3 kgcm is already enough for lacquer and maybe plastic cutting, but my measurements continue...). The challange is to make it nice, smooth and controlled (and...

They work - THANKS!!

Thanks for sharing - BUT - I cannot view these images...why?

Regards
Lukas

my invention is just as simple as an actual record cutter In theory it is simple, in practice it probably is not.. because people like vinyl it is that I think this has a future. Don't you? Ok, so your goal actually is to make an optical/laser "phonograph disk recorder" that just makes standard vin...

Hi OptoVox! Nice idea! To me seems kind of a hybrid between CD and phonograph record. But I'm not expert on optical systems beyond basics we learned at university.... What do you think of this idea? Do you see any future for this? I don't want to be the bad guy but since you are asking - Too complex...

..still searching... THANKS!

Danke Andreas!

Wünsche dir/euch alles gute für die Zukunft!

LG
Lukas

As said the number maybe is not at the very limit of what is possible, but also there is no simple "number" what works flawless and whatever beyond will distort or destroy the cutter. Also I have been to many cutting rooms where they had - sorry to say that - no clue how to translate a given dBFS di...