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by MEGAMIKE
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: VR: Heat Affecting Dashpot?
Replies: 74
Views: 11423

Re: Heat Affecting Dashpot?

hi i dont want to have a debate on how hot places get but i ve have my VR mostly in my back shed and in Australia it gets 46/8c easy and in a week straight too and my shed has got to 51c before as i looked on my heat gun many times...my point is that this issue has not happend to me well it has but ...
by MEGAMIKE
Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Half inch lathe cut video
Replies: 8
Views: 1344

Re: Half inch lathe cut video

Thankyouthankyou :D
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:02 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Half inch lathe cut video
Replies: 8
Views: 1344

Re: Half inch lathe cut video

WOw thankyou mr Dixon and to hear that from you is better than Guinness or Grammy moment ..thankyouthankyou
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:49 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Half inch lathe cut video
Replies: 8
Views: 1344

Half inch lathe cut video

in this vid the half inch record had to be raised a bit to get inside on the cut and on playback i had to bend the stylus holder to its far right to meet the grooves in line..both cuts are 1.5mm thick. and yes it sounds horrible ..on the VR eq i had to put it all down to do it.. I hate the sound of ...
by MEGAMIKE
Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:54 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: 1inch lathe cut video
Replies: 5
Views: 1002

1inch lathe cut video

I was reluctant to put up my 1inch cuts as video and audio but hey life is too short block your ears or turn down volume... once i get new diamonds ill post 2mins on one side thats my aim with perfect sound.. its getting popular for some reason,.but kinda hard doing 100 at a time.. https://www.youtu...
by MEGAMIKE
Mon May 11, 2020 3:52 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: BBC studio 1939
Replies: 4
Views: 603

BBC studio 1939

Hi guys i found another small snip of some old footage of the broadcast of Neville Chamberlain,s 1939 speech from inside BBC.. from memory it was recorded on a cylinder at Downing st and in this footage you can see 2x 8ns and transcription turntable playing back the speech that was cut onto a record...
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:45 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: ANZAC ABC broadcasting unit truck
Replies: 1
Views: 401

ANZAC ABC broadcasting unit truck

Presto MS16b (like mine) in action in this 2sec video at the end of this great doco, i found this while i was remembering my uncle who fought in Crete and both my Papous who fought in El alimain and Tobruk .. its a great watch on this ANZAC day ,it even has Rahl Dahl in it saying that his bomber com...
by MEGAMIKE
Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Automatic groove speed controller for VR
Replies: 21
Views: 3320

Re: Automatic groove speed controller for VR

Thankyou mr Robinson. You are by far the most highest of lathe trolls..
by MEGAMIKE
Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:01 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Automatic groove speed controller for VR
Replies: 21
Views: 3320

Re: Automatic groove speed controller for VR

yes correct ..from memory Fritz said it was added for reel to reel implementation....all that plug does is it disengages from the controller and the motor runs at its own rpm..but if souri has made one ? then get it .
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:30 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Automatic groove speed controller for VR
Replies: 21
Views: 3320

Re: Automatic groove speed controller for VR

yes but u need to trigger it externaly like a drumachine trigger 1.5v with a program..so eg; if you want to put 3 songs on one side there will be 2 triggers on your DAW...you cannot do lead in or out..do u have this rca mono plug on the back?
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:27 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Automatic groove speed controller for VR
Replies: 21
Views: 3320

Re: Automatic groove speed controller for VR

Yes..on the back of the unit that has the groove distant knob there is an rca female and a rca male plug mono.when u take this out it goes at top speed when u put it back in it turns slow again and in time with the groove knob...so u need to midi /cv with software to trigger that rca plug so it make...
by MEGAMIKE
Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:59 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Weird channel drop out on low input signal
Replies: 16
Views: 1926

Re: Weird channel drop out on low input signal

ub40 hahahahahaha i meant to say wd40...
by MEGAMIKE
Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:58 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Weird channel drop out on low input signal
Replies: 16
Views: 1926

Re: Weird channel drop out on low input signal

my audio cutting out was the same problem i had years ago as a dj..i would spray it out with ub40..when it did the same on my vr mixer i took the face plate off and sprayed ipa in the vertical right fader and it went away.it came back and i did it again mind you my studio is in a hot/dusty ozzy back...
by MEGAMIKE
Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:29 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Weird channel drop out on low input signal
Replies: 16
Views: 1926

Re: Weird channel drop out on low input signal

sorry isopropyl alcohol
by MEGAMIKE
Thu Dec 05, 2019 5:04 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Weird channel drop out on low input signal
Replies: 16
Views: 1926

Re: Weird channel drop out on low input signal

isolpropal acid...and the shity mixer is good 13years mine is still going :)
by MEGAMIKE
Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:33 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Weird channel drop out on low input signal
Replies: 16
Views: 1926

Re: Weird channel drop out on low input signal

right on radar. :D ..i found my problem in the right channel in my mixer ,just cleaned it up with IPA and it went away...assuming u still have the mixer?..
by MEGAMIKE
Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Bodine motor rumble: capacitor? [and more Presto 6N...]
Replies: 26
Views: 4726

Re: Bodine motor rumble: capacitor? [and more Presto 6N...]

sounds like a worn diamond to me ..and blasting blank cuts louder has nothing to do with vacum volume...maybe if i had mr tuffnills "11" amp from spinal tap :lol:
by MEGAMIKE
Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:15 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Bodine motor rumble: capacitor? [and more Presto 6N...]
Replies: 26
Views: 4726

Re: Bodine motor rumble: capacitor? [and more Presto 6N...]

ive always wondered why the rumble in my prestos and the vacum on my vr never comes out on recordings
by MEGAMIKE
Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:01 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Someone wants to cut a few singles?
Replies: 17
Views: 3351

Re: Someone wants to cut a few singles?

amazing.... pot calling the kettle black
by MEGAMIKE
Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:59 am
Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
Topic: WTB - Presto 8N platter and shaft
Replies: 5
Views: 1349

Re: WTB - Presto 8N platter and shaft

and the bronze well bush too with loose or embeded steel ball