The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

hey try
andre@vinylium.ch

or better all@vinylium.ch so they will get it.....

cheers flozki

hello i also have a presto, which i use for live on stage cutting and if transport is a problem. ok its still big but maybe one of the most compact stereo mastering lathes. you can check a picture on http://www.floka.com/lofi/portable_lathe.html i will check for more pictures of the modification.. b...

i have the same headd. it is a non feedback, moving iron head with internal rc-network for electrical matching. about the 4pin plug. 2 are for the drive coil, 2 are for the heating wires....

wow.wow.wow. !very very nice...you did a great job. i think this lathe found a perfect home...
about the rca head.no infos yet. there are a few stacks of datasheets and infos i have to check. but the head looks like a standard solution like presto head and many others. thanks for the pictures anyway.

hei. what about a picture of the head? would be nice maybe i have some data...

there where tons of them mostly made in the 20-30ies.. but also later on in order of what i think was the importnce.. 1.neumann. the leader from the late 20ies onwards. especially in the 50ies they made many models. 2. lyrec a danish company. very nice. i still want one.... 3. telefunken did some la...

get a scully for nice price. possible for under 5k i think. buy a vinylium sc-99 head and a vinylcut amp rack...... the best you can do. there are several pro mastering rooms cutting with sc99 heads now.... or if stereo is not an issue. try to get an old ortofon monohead. very good and rough..... if...

hello. ok some news from the loneliness of the swiss-pampa.... vinylium still exists. no worry. they just dont have the regular swiss bank opening times( from 8:00-12:00 and 13:30-18:30)...or they are damn busy..or they are listening to too loud music and dont hear the phone ringing..... so send an ...

okidoki...did some cuts...i changed the head to a grampian..more power. i use old steel stylii. best for aluminum. the cans are full...thats suposed to be the deal. i can cut someones speech, music and he gets the beer....a typical contract in music business... i also manageed to playback that stuff...

hello thanks for the info about RvG and his equipment how you know rudy van gelder did the cuts with the fairchild 642? are there any pictures? would be interesting.. i was quite sure he used a westrex.... i have a 642 head. but no amps.... http://www.floka.com/pics/fairchild_642a.jpg never had time...

another handcranker....hmmm.


http://www.floka.com/lofi/dbmastering.html

cheers.
f.

hello everybody.
forget neumann, kingston, vestax, vinylrecorder. plastic is out.
lets go one step further....

take a look

http://www.floka.com/lofi/dbmastering.html

cheers
f.

to lewis d the grampian type heads are no real feedback types. the head is moving iron with oil damping the resonances. silicon oil for the high freq. resonances. dont put too much into... then the so called feedback coil is more a transformer. it helps to equalize the low frequency losses.... just ...

to make some points clear...dubstudio asked... the kingston cutter doesnt have suction yet. thats true. but you need a regular vacuum cleaner, a glas jar, some tubes, hot glue and in 10 minutes you have added your suction system...you can even buythe suction system it if you dont want to buy yoursel...

hello there is a fundamental difference between kingston and vinylrecorder. the cutting head. on the kingston there is a feedback controlled cutting head, a vinylium sc-99, exactly the same technology as the neumann cutting head. on the vinylrecorder there is just a pair of small loudspeakers formin...