Blimey, think I'll give this forum a miss if it's virusated!
'Bye
Albert.
Search found 12 matches
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:19 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: BANNER ADs Problem RESOLVED. thanks Bizhat.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4891
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:00 am
- Forum: Handcrankers
- Topic: Tinfoil
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3267
Tinfoil
Here's a tinfoil phono if you have the dosh.
Albert.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TINFOIL-PHONOGRAPH_W0QQitemZ250282922468QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250282922468&_trkparms=72%3A1121%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
Albert.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TINFOIL-PHONOGRAPH_W0QQitemZ250282922468QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250282922468&_trkparms=72%3A1121%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:45 am
- Forum: Our Cutters and their work
- Topic: New wax cylinder recording machine with advance ball.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10209
BTW, big write up and close up photos of the machine here....Steve E. wrote:WOW. I can't believe I missed this one. You get the "cool posting award" for the first quarter of 2008.
http://www.christerhamp.se/phono/noble.html
Albert
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:43 am
- Forum: Our Cutters and their work
- Topic: New wax cylinder recording machine with advance ball.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10209
- Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:10 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: New advance ball home made cutter
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1008
New advance ball home made cutter
Have just finished designing and making a cutter system using advance ball technique. It's for cutting wax cylinders and the photo and description is on the handcrankers forum (link below) Other flat disc cutter fans might be interested to see a home made cutter using advance ball for groove depth s...
- Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:28 am
- Forum: Our Cutters and their work
- Topic: New wax cylinder recording machine with advance ball.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10209
New wax cylinder recording machine with advance ball.
Here's photo of my homemade cutter for Edison wax cylinders. It's an adapted Edison Ediphone dictaphone machine. An advance ball system is used to ensure constant depth of cut. First time I believe that the ball system has been used for cutting round phonograph cylinders. It's adjustment is the roun...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:35 am
- Forum: Services
- Topic: Drive wheels Rebuild
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3173
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Philco 'Beam of light'
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2791
Re: Philco 'Beam of light'
[quote="tape"]A fantastic machine - instead of a pickup it has a photocell, upon which the grooves are projected trough a mirrorconstruction. No record or needle wear! quote] Not so. A 'jewel' tracks in the grooves so there is wear. See note 7 and NOTE at end of that page where there is reference to...
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:56 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Presto Styli
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2351
Re: cutting supplies...
Heya, Took an Edison needle, ground a cutting face with my dremel, ground a couple of facets... and it carved its way through my first ever blank. Many many dB bellow the surface noise you could make out the song... if you were familiar with it to begin with. All of this blind... grind, look under ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:53 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Why so much cutter head power?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
The high power is necessary because you have to accelerate the mass of the coil, coupler, torque tube, and stylus through the resistance of the cutting medium, and at high frequencies this takes a LOT of energy. Vincent Meyer I confess that I have never actually seen any good cutter heads but that ...
- Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:59 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Why so much cutter head power?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
Thanks very much, cuttercollector, for your reply and taking the time to write all that explanation. Amazing to me that 500 watts (or more!) only moves a stylus such a small amount just because of neg feedback, but as you say, moving mass fast requires power. I am trying too to get more power into m...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:04 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Why so much cutter head power?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
Why so much cutter head power?
Hello, I'm a new kid on this block. I am building a cutter head to cut Edison wax cylinders and progressing reasonably well using a 4 inch loudspeaker as the drive for the stylus. Have studied many interesting threads on this forum and also many web sites about cutter heads, I wonder if someone can ...