The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

May I ask what media you are embossing on? Are you putting on enuff weight? PVC from RECORDBLANKS.COM How much weight should I be using? I'm not sure I have heard an example of what embossing with a steel cone should sound like but there seems to be way more surface noise than I was expecting and e...

So far I have not had much luck with embossing with the Vanrock.. I mean it'll do it but it's super noisey. From what I understand you want to angle the cone against the direction of the disc is turning by 7-20 degrees. There doesn't appear to be anyway to adjust the angle of the head on the Vanrock...

I'll welcome more subsections like you suggest; Neumann, Scully, Presto, and Souri's vinyl recorder. I personally like the site Muffwiggler (modular synthesizers) which is divided in several sections covering different type of systems. With each system covering several brands. It also has a marketp...

Jccc wrote:Its 26 Euros for the cheapest shipping option to the states.

Weird.. yesterday when I added one to my cart on their website with my US address it said a 150 euros.. 26 is reasonable.

The Shank wrote:But why only in USA?

How much is the shipping from France to USA for a stylus?

boryo wrote:Hi, check here: http://deepgroovesmastering.com/store/presto_long_shank.aspx

They say they have a three week turn around time to make new ones and only resharpen ones they made.

Are there any other options in the US?

Where can I buy a new diamond cutting stylus for my Vanrock inside the US?

I'm also interesting in resharpening as I believe the one I have is dull

Re: the 3 pin jack.. I have my doubts about that actually being XLR This record may have been made in the mid 40's and the XLR connector was originally a product of Cannon Electric and did not evolve fully until maybe the early 50's? Anyway I found this auction for a photofact service manual which y...

I'm considering unmounting the head from the Vanrock chassis adding longer wires and mounting it on a separate lead screw with a fullsize turntable to cut mono 12" records.

I also noticed the RCA cables that connect heads are pretty bad shape. So I had planned on salvaging a modern RCA cable to get better connection and sound but the older one Seems longer am I imagining that ? Or will it even make a difference? For now I just repaired the old crusty cables Should wor...

I recently acquired a Vanrock and most everything about it seems self explanatory except the ENDING function. From what I can gather this will do a run out groove and then a locked groove to keep the stylus from skating across the center into the spindle. The lockout is in a fixed position but mine ...

I've been experimenting with casting records from resin as well. I have a degasser for the rubber mold (I'm using Smoothon 30) which definitely helped reduce surface imperfections in the mold but I'm still getting too many pops in the resulting cast. I'm not sure if the pops are coming from just the...

Not sure where the static at the beginning came from (wasn't in the cut). Seems like they added it to signal that the audio was changing because otherwise the listener probably would not really notice.. I think she says at the end "I can't cope with the static" even though there's really only a few...

To answer the OP's original post.. it's possible but don't get your hopes up..

some students have used a laser to etch grooves into a record

https://blog.discogs.com/en/diy-laser-cut-record/

Hello, I've been lurking for awhile but I recently acquired a Vanrock and I've also been researching building a DIY lathe. I'm based in Los Angeles.

I'm also considering selling blanks because I may have access to a CNC cutter.

then he applies turtle wax -doesn't let it dry then wipe off, applies it wet and keeps applying it until it's all rubbed in. When you say "Turtle Wax" would this work? https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-T-223-Super-Shell/dp/B000BPSVJ6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1506713692&sr=8-3&keywords=turtle+wax or t...

The_House_Records wrote:I think all of the images are dead . Could you PM me them or update the link?

Photobucket is the worst.. but you can see some of the images if you go here..

http://s44.photobucket.com/user/CountMoogle/library/?sort=3&page=1

shaolin disciple wrote:any one on here know of any places that will be willing to distribute some lathe cut records for me that I had cut with my music a while back thanks for any info

Have you not tried discogs?

Looks like a design student's thesis on what it might look like rather than an actual plan to build it.

Okay I think this answered most of my questions .. 40x magnification etc..

http://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=1438&p=6407