The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

URGENT QUESTION, "Disco-Press" of Herk-de-Stad, Belgium - still in business? If so, can anyone give me ANY contact info, for last-second inclusion in upcoming book Basic Disc Mastering 2nd Ed.? Disco-Press's website is now dead: Also, they don't come up under google search for "belgium vinyl record ...

Right, about the sticky-shed issue: Choose your tape CAREFULLY. Running one bad reel of old tape can foul up a deck, requiring careful cleaning. You should be safe with the newly-made studio tape. I researched 1/4-inch-tape sticky-shed problems (as far as doing lots of google searches & reading inte...

i personaly think its the generation gap .the old skool turntable know how was explaned incorrectly to the new makers of turntables. so things like wow and flutter are not important for a machine that also has a mp3 player and cd/usb. BINGO. monkey1553, cool tip about the oil, will try - though I n...

1988 polygram plant vid. 8mm, dark. Look close starting at time 0:28 , then again at 0:51 -- Two things: There appears to be 7-inch 45's being ejected & rolling out VERTICALLY, at a much faster rate than normal 45 presses can output, so my guess is, styrene injection molding - Anyone know? (Even tho...

http://www.tompkinssquare.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/554100_10150650658204775_45121499774_9645270_997169947_n.jpg "San Francisco-based record label Tompkins Square is bringing back the 78 rpm." DANG, THESE GUYS HAVE THE SAME IDEA which I had back in 2002 when I started my home-based b...

Markrob, That's some masterful R&D, and incredible-sounding results... thanks for sharing!

- Bob

Anybody have connections at the History or Discovery Channel? Pitch them the MossBoss/PIAPTK Record Cutting Reality Show. The Odd Couple meets The Real World meets American Chopper for vinyl nerds. Watch two bullheaded record cutters bang heads and babble in circles about things 99% of the world do...

1960's Australian record-making video, Astor records - Only shows a little of the cutting-to-pressing business - Jump to time 2:09. (Mossy, did you work for Astor?):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBTBuG4xqU

- Bob

Very Cool, Clint! Looks like a fun read, just ordered a used copy, thanks. A 78-mail-trading friend just took a vacation trip including Sun Studio in Memphis, and posted to youtube a video showing all the 1940s-50s vacuum-tube cutters & tape machines Sam Philips used: Besides his Presto 6N & 1D, it ...

Mr. Wilson responded, and I've arranged to purchase this Westrex material from him.

I'll re-post the same materials, as I receive them from Mr. Wilson, for sale here on the forum after done using them for the book, for the same $25 + ship.

- Bob

Id like to purchase this temporarily for use in the book I'm helping Larry Boden publish, "Basic Disc Mastering 2nd Edition", which will be for the professionals & anyone interested in the disc-cutting proccess. This Westrex info would be most helpful to pull information from to include in this book...

It is absolutely essential, not just to adhere to the greater thickness under the label. but also that there is again an area of thinner material inside the part with the greater thickness, just surrounding the large hole. This is to make room for the knives. Yes - Thanks Graybeard. there are actua...

THANK YOU andybee !

I went back and changed every mis-quoted occurance of
"0.003 (+/- 0.006) inches" in my post, to the correct quote of
"0.030 (+/- 0.006) inches".

"Remember the Hubble..."
http://www.jstor.org/pss/4165153

- Bob

Of possible interest to 7-inch pressers who sell to US markets, in the "Playback" section of this forum:

https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=2785&mforum=lathetrolls

- Bob

PURPOSES OF THIS POST: (1) To present the RIAA dimensional spec for 7-inch Large-Hole vinyl record singles, specifically the part of the spec related to CENTER HOLE EDGE THICKNESS; and (2) to present a reason why It's A Good Thing For Plants To continue to remain Compliant With That PArt Of The Spe...

Congrats! - Bob

Mossy, thanks for the response about the embossed labels, wondered about that too... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqUOKpQE3su52hJNBOFbG9ulhw~~_12.JPG Cymbalism, I read somewhere that the purpose of those hatch-marks on the perimeter of the label was to prevent the records from slipping against one...

concretecowboy71 wrote:VanGelder...would that have been Rudy...that is some kick ass music there.

Yes indeed... some of the finest music on the planet...

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Got you on the list Clint, thx

- Bob

QUESTION: Trying to compile a list of more than the 4 or so USA cutters listed here so far... Does anyone know if ANY of these cutters from 1981 are still active??? (I suspect "No", but, Have to ask...) Also, can anyone tell me if they know which USA PRESSING PLANTS offer in-house cutting? Or if the...