The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Just because Tyler says he does hifi stereo on vr,s doesnt mean he cant do mono for a client. You have posted here looking someone to cut a few records for you and that you want the BEST quality. Mr.Dixon himself from PIAPTK replied back with a very real and honestly,clear view of what to expect n l...

Im sure off the shelf petg or pvc or any other readily purchased plastic sheets r not created with the intentions of people trying to cut audio recording on it,as trailerparkjesus stated way too many forms of imperfections from disc to disc,batch to batch from the manufacturing stage to ever get con...

I do have some good cuts with standard,easily available petg with diamonds,but the bad news i that after experimenting with these readily available petg and wearing out my diamonds way too fast,i just stopped fucking around n wasting time n money,bite the bullet and buy myshank diamonds to just cut ...

I doubt you gonna find someone at home cutting THE BEST quality,but i could be wrong,afterall quality is a subjective thing. U wanted the best quality n now you even poking around looking for home hobbyist, is it because u dont wanna pay the price thats gonna get u the best quality? In this game u u...

Now that didnt take too long to offload! Was drooling over this lathe from the very first time i saw you post it sometime back,very fair price as well. Some of the shitty things about living in the isolated countryside of Taiwan,hard n very expensive to hook up with gear n transport over to the isla...

Im.sure ive read somewhere from an old post about the shellac thing,as i remembered it was something about abrassives being in the shellac formulas inorder to make needles the needles wear down instead of the record grooves,hence having to change the needle out after each play. im sure the victorola...

Still available?
Maximum respect,
Patrick

Well,i wouldnt be completly fucked,cuz i would hopefully still have PIAPTK to score some sapphires to emboss pc!
Goin down the Apollo lacquer route just isnt gonna work out for my needs.
Maximum respect,
Patrick

Well put Mr.Dixon! Reality check,if people keep making it such a pain in the ass for myshank to do his thing his way and decides to close shop,i would be fucked for some diamonds and great blanks!
Maximum respect,
Patrick

Always replys back to my emails quite promptly ,and i get my orders without fail . im just a hobbyist that buys what i can whenever i got extra funds,not a bigtime client with regular orders that makes his business rich. He probably has internet service on his yachts n the girls he has onboard proba...

Whats the chances of it being able to be rekokut friendly? Anyways,exciting news Jesus,im sure its gonna generate enuff interests . im sure plenty of cutters here that r cutting with old mono heads r waiting for the day that they can also cut in stereo! Cute housing,looks like those old vintage camp...

All hail to the King! Just had to mention that!

Just want to add that in Taiwan i do have a few very big manufactuers of plastics,and im talking all kinds of plastics,you name it they got it or can make it to the specs that you require,the catch is that they would not deal with you unless your talking bout ordering by the TON,even at 1 ton ,they ...

Diamond styli and pvc blanks,fast reliable service. Myshank,in my experience ,its the best quality n combination if you wanna cut and not emboss plastic.
The shipping rate from France to Taiwan is pretty steep ,but you get what you pay for!
Maximum respect,
Patrick

Dont know the proper,more technical more precise way,but with my audax i just pushed the level til i blew so many 0.5amp fuses n marking the volume knob on my amp to get a ruff idea of how high i pushed it when the fuse blew then set that value as the max. Load. Im sure i can push even more if i swi...

Do contact Rolandjays(John Batchelder) in this forum,he is an excellent machinist who is familiar with record lathes,he knows the rek o kuts well enuff .feedscrews can do,and a mounting bracket for you to be able to mount a standard vertical cutterhead instead of the horizontal cutter that you prese...

Welcome to the game,even the cheap stuff isnt all that cheap when you get to the 500 cut mark. Best to use the search on this site n read everything over on styliis n record blanks,plastics ect.. it wil save you alot of time n money by being able to make propper choices regarding what kind of materi...

One other question. When you were restoring that Rek O Kut,did you ever noticed if there was enuff space on the overhead to somehow fit a.Caruso head ? As a rek o kut owner,was always wondering if it was difficult,or impossible to oneday swap out my Audax for somekin of stereohead as they look to be...

Always brainstorming Jesus! Ive ad chances to get older monoheads before and have opted not to make the buy because of the 500ohm impedance that some have required,just the headache thinking about buying it n shipping it from another country,then having to send it off to someone else in another coun...

Got 3 sapphires from Mike few mnths ago to give embossing another try. Still on my 1st styli after 40 +cuts. I like the fact that i dont really have to change the cutting weight too much as i change from cutting with myshank diamonds to embossing ,just a very slight leanback angle,much less then emb...