The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Surprised Steve E hasnt rolled in on this one. When i think of the Cats/Lathe Venn Diagram, he is the first one to come to mind!

Seems like i see mostly of MSS and LeDiscographie/Pierre Clement lathes pop up in europe/uk. I sell lathes and can usually be convinced to deliver and install them in the UK. Delivery is usually cheaper than shipping and paying import duties. All of my lathes are fully mechanically restored and read...

Thanks for the plugs yall! Ryan, i can definitely help you get on the road, especially if the lathe was being used when you received it. But there are still a million variables about your machine, your setup, your experience level, etc etc etc that would take forever to fully discuss on the forum. A...

Start here https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8328 There is a huge chasm between a t560 (which very few people can ACTUALLY buy if they WANTED to. The trip to Germany is not the least of the issues with purchasing one. Search "souri" on here for peoples experiences) and a k8. Putting a...

That is pretty slick!

I've got more coarse inside out feedscrews than I can use. Anyone need one? $50 each.

I have a pretty good selection of lathes ready to restore to a buyers desires rn. Including possibly a 6n. DM me and lets chat.

Anyone from Mexico City here? We will be meeting up this Sunday somewhere in the Condesa. Post here and DM if you want details!

If you are in the US and want to buy an off the shelf solution i sell Jed’s awesome wow and flytterless belt drive motors kn the US (he sells them in the rest of the world and i can connect you). DM me if you want one.

Hi! Ive got overstock of 6” round blanks. Mostly black but some other random colors might be thrown in. 200 of them for $200 + $40 shipping in the US. Dm me!

Yeah. He rewound a couple heads for me years ago, grounded the coils to the case or something so it smoked immediately after sending any audio through it (he only tests it by using it as a playback pickup, and doesnt run audio at all). I sent them back and he ignored my emails and calls for a year ...

Ive been on a buying spree and am just now about to be in town long enough to restore them. If you are interested, read my newbie starter guide first here https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8328&hilit=Newbie+starter+guide And then send a message through the contact form at www.RecordLatheP...

markrob wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:37 am

Hi,

Just grabbed them. Shoot me a private message with your email and I'll send them over.

Mark

Markrob for the win as usual!

Hi Wancho, i am the distributor of Rich’s styli. And he’s not kidding, they last a long time and we get great results. We’ve cut over 50,000 records in our studio with them and there are dozens of folks out in the world using them on the regular. You can pick them up here: https://www.recordlathepar...

Hey everyone, if you have any lathes or parts for sale between Memphis, Charlotte, Atlanta, NOLA, etc I will be out cruising in the van picking up and paying $$$$ next week. DM me.

PS, I'm always buying in the American SOuthwest in particular and will buy anything that can be shipped as well.

Why waste ANY time and money making unusable garbage cuts when people that have come before you have already cleared the jungle into a super highway to good sounding records? Get some of our embossing cones and some polycarbonate squares from yr local plastic supplier and a 2 hour tech support call ...

Andd.... I went back and bought the thing for a little less than $200 It is at least going to need: some needles, an amplifier, and new rubber for the platter as the old one is cracked. I also gotta figure out how this old 4 prong plug works. Are two prongs the input for the cutting head and two th...

Is cutting not embossing polycarbonate with tungsten ok? the reason i ask is the stock gakken/PO-80 blanks are PETG and are supposed to be cut with the stock stylus what i amuse is tungsten. Although I'm not 100% sure it could be steel no? I don't use tungsten needles or really cut (other than the ...

Regarding needles and blanks, I sell embossing cones and polycarbonate blanks for it. With that head and my supplies you can cut some pretty good sounding records once you know what you are doing.

Pick that up immediately. You will probably need to put some work into it, but that is a steal. The biggest issue is most likely going to be the rubber tire around the rim, but I sell Jed's external belt drive motors that will work on it, but you will have to break out a grinder to make two gaps for...