The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

its kinda hard to tell from the picture. What does it sound like when the play back needle plays those spots? If it starts to skip then I would think that you have the recording levels too high and the grooves are clashing. Also have you tried cutting other records? Does it always happen in the same...

im sure you should be able to get louder cuts out of your head especially if you got a fuse inline protecting your cutting head. For me I usually set my levels to the point where the fuse blows out and then replace it with a fresh one and back the volume down till the fuse does not blow. From there ...

tragwag wrote:highly suggest these for 7" size labels, they're die cut already:
https://www.onlinelabels.com/OL991.htm

Thanks for the link on this Tragwag!
These really helped me out on some center labels

Hello, I am using these needles here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tungsten-needle-styli-stylus-presto-in-rek-o-kut-record-lathe-cutter-recorder/282085273984?epid=626924226&hash=item41ad97b180:g:WVkAAOSwk5FUtyNx I have been using them with my k8 and 6n. You just have to adjust the head so its more leani...

Have you tried embossing with polycarbonate? i had better results embossing on Polycarbonate with the tungsten needles from ebay. i tried embossing using the tungsten on the recordblanks.com ones and i just got was horrible surface noise no matter what adjustment i made with the head. i even had a h...

I use a heat lamp bulb from Home depot to heat my polycarbonate.

I mounted it on my Presto 6n

I usually have it on while the turntable is rotating to prevent the bulb concentrating on one piece of the plastic.

So far it seems to heat up the plastic pretty well.

Thanks for sharing! Thats a awesome diy setup you got.

Also the lathe sounds nice!

Just a question.

Do you apply compression to all the material being embossed?

I am looking into getting a hardware compressor for my setup

That Lyrec sv2 w8 is a real beauty!

I will try out a old sapphire needle backwards technique and see if i can get good results. I have been having really good results with the tungsten cones on my fairchild head so i was thinking if i could modify the tungsten cone to somehow mount on a cutting head (Neumann mono head) with a 320 styl...

has anyone made a 320 style shank for embossing?

Thats cool!

I do the same thing kind of.
I just run my music into a mackie mixer which goes into a amp which connected to the cutting head.

Heres a clip of some live cutting to disc :

http://tenshunnoise.tumblr.com/post/170271913658

Yes any chance of you making anymore?

Really interested in the idea of putting together a diy cutterhead kit

Its 26 Euros for the cheapest shipping option to the states.

I saw you should keep your gear! for me I take breaks on cutting records and always get the itch to make some cuts.

So i contacted Rich Flores in NY and he said he does not sharpen Sapphire Shanks for anyone.

Thanks for the link.

I do not do embossing as i only do cutting with my lathe.
So i do not know if the embossing sapphires will work with normal lathe cutting.

I will contact the guy and see if he can help.


Thanks!

I am asking this question because I met this lathe cutter the other day who was cutting lathes for Pabst Blue Ribbon. He was using a Vinyl Recorder and he told me that someone out in New York resharpens Sapphire shanks. He said the person that does this service is on the Lathe trolls site but I forg...

This mix sounds Raw! you think I could get a MP3 of this mix?

I like that chopped and screwed sound

the only way I was able to get good clean cuts with a X-ray was using a diamond shank.
Sapphire or ruby just can't make the cut.

What a beauty! i hope someone on the forum gets this! I think its pretty rare to see a 6N with the included playback arm.