The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

That's great!
Thanks a lot, Bob

Hello, The piece that holds the needle,(armature) should not touch the metal pieces (polepieces) above the coil.There should be a tiny gap, to allow the armature to vibrate.So, try loosen the screws, place two thin strips of plastic 0.20 - 0.30 mm thick between the armature and the polepieces, and t...

Hello,
Wellcome!
What machine are you using?
If you post photos it will help to know what screws are you talking about.

Amazing! Love it..

Thanks to you too! Can't wait to read these papers, an know about this stereo head.

It can help reduce inductance, as a shorted turn. As is stationary is not as harmfull as in movil coil former.

Hello Flo,
Congrats for the new machine, It will make happy many people.
Just one question, I'm curious...
What kind of transducer has it?

Thanks.

I mean hot water and soap, sorry

I used a Policarbonate with Ultra Violet protection that was noisy. Solved it with some vaseline disolved in the ligther fluid.Now, I use it allways, but, of too much vaseline, I have to clean the record with hot eater and soap

Like this

Hi,
In the spanish flea markets,is very common to find this old voltage regulators used for TVs some decades ago...They usually have several voltage options, meter and they look vintage too!
I use one in my Rek o Kut and works fine!
Saludos.

Well,
I mean policarbonate or other kind of plastic blanks, but being CUT, not embossed.
Thanks again!

Hello dear Trolls, I've got a question for somebody who cuts both lacquers an PC. As PC is harder, I guess cuts may be quieter than lacquer, is that rigth?...If so, is just a little or is it really noticeable? Does it make a big differnce when measuring sensitivity of a cutter head?(Thats why I'd li...

thanks a lot!

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Hi, Wellcome! What you need most for this prject is patience...And be willing to learn about many things. For the audio electronics, this is not the most difficult part.DSP became cheap and easy, and is great, but you can do it by other means if you feel.After all, "energizing"a cutter head is not s...

Hi,
I think you may have to tilt thd cutter head.
Anyway, changing the angle wont damage this stylus, so you can experiment!.
If you try cutting (instead of embossing) in the future, just follow manufavturer's advice.
Wellcome and have fun!

Hello, Are you cutting (really cutting, producing swarf) or embossing (impressing against the blank without producing swarf)? For the first, a vertical stylus is the start point, maybe a few degrees off, if it works better for you. For the second, it depends of what stylus are you using. For me the ...

wow! well done!