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- Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:10 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Cutting lacquers for a Victrola, playing them back.
- Replies: 4
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Cutting lacquers for a Victrola, playing them back.
I got into the whole obsession with home-cutting because I wanted to create records that I could play on my Brunswick Ultona, a hand-cranked record player that can handle Victola, Edison and Pathe discs. My hope is to create an archive of modern-day performers on 78's. (The idea is that when the "Bi...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:55 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Alternative media
- Replies: 2
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Alternative media
OK, so far, on my little Recordio rig, Transco dub plate lacquers are the only things that cut reliably and quietly. I have not tried Apollo's. I've tried Solo plastic picnic plates (clear and opaque, shiny, metalic-colored and dull), Kim Gutske's clear platters, 50 year old acetates and Gib Epling'...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:45 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Vacuuming those groove threads
- Replies: 21
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Vacuuming those groove threads
How do you get the hair out of the way of your cutting stylus? And what's that stuff called, anyway?
Links
Here are some links and contacts for you: Buy lacquers (blanks/acetates) and styli from this company. Labels, too! http://www.apollomasters.com/ This man, Gib Epling, fixed my crystal driven Wilcox-Gay Recordio home 78 burner! He's great, has good supplies, and is a major inspiration for this site. ...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:59 pm
- Forum: Newbie Forum
- Topic: Welcome to the Secret Society of Lathe Trolls.
- Replies: 50
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Welcome to the Secret Society of Lathe Trolls.
Hi. My name is Steve Espinola. I started this site because of my growing obsession with the art and craft of record cutting. I noticed a lack of focused information on this topic on the web. As I talked to more and more people who seemed to be asking the same questions as I --and as I began sharing ...