The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

The Apollo lacquer disk plant in Banning burnt down today. Here is a link; https://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/fire-rips-through-banning-commercial-structure [ Note by admin: If you wish, there is now a separate section for discussing the Apollo situation that will only be viewable by memb...

HI Jose, I too have a lacquer disk formula that was passed down to me from my Father that was very successful here in the United States. The issues you may face are simply the massive cost’s to build a lacquer manufacturing plant or perhaps have a plant make the formula for you. Also building a plan...

Anyone know about this?

www.makingvinyl.com

Maistrow

Anyone know about this?

http://www.makingvinyl.com

Wanted, looking for a phono preamp. The models I am looking for are the RTS 405 or a UREI 1122.
Please PM with a price.

Thanks
Maistrow

Where is this. Where are you located.

Wanted, Looking for the small slotted chrome thumb screw, that secures the arm lifter on the Grace tone arm lifter bracket. (see bottom left corner of photo.) This would be found on tone arm models G- 565F, G- 960, G-940 and 860F. Some sellers on ebay have the whole assembly. I only need the one scr...

It has been three years now that we have lost one of the largest lathe experts in the world.
Albert Grundy. R.I.P.

As of June 1st Bill Smith record pressing in El Segundo California has closed.
All of the equipment has been purchased by United Record Pressing and is being shipped to Nashville.

Hello everyone. I own Sound Affair Mastering in Santa Ana CA. The studio is equipped with a 600 series automatic Scully lathe with Haeco SC 2 cutter head with Haeco SD-240 cutting electronics and a Haeco LX-1 elliptical equalizer. Other equipment includes the complete Focusrite Blue mastering system...

Another odd thing about this is only $65.00 for worldwide shipping?
What a deal!

I know the previous owner of this lathe and cutting system. He used to have it set up in his mastering studio in Los Angeles. Some time ago he sold it to a man in Canada and it was shipped there. The photos that are on ebay are of the setup when he had the system operating in his studio in LA. I hav...

As a display in there home or office.

I don't like the use of the American Indian.
What does that have to do with any of this.

Wanted: Apollo scribing platform.
PM me with details.

Contact the Harry Fox Agency in New York City.
They will issue you a license to use the song.
It is a small fee and easy to do.
Then you will be legal and have clearance to use the song.
I do this with my clients when they want to use someones music for there project.

So you don't care about the showing the sound quality
of your vinyl cutting unit on You tube?
Was the playback of the audio just to demo the song?

Is the music you are playing back on the you tube
video from the source or off of the tone arm from the disk.
It sounds like the source. Not something from disk playback.

Yes.
And this was the last request of the great mastering engineer Doug Sax.

I have been told by others sometimes high end cutting equipment is bought and shipped over seas and is placed in private homes and put on display as a showpiece. Somewhat like a piece of furniture. The equipment is never put into production to cut master disks for record pressing. We need to keep st...