Roll Call: Lathe Cut Hobbyists/Small Business - Post your In

[piaptk]

Hello everyone!

Fill this out so we can start a database to connect your username to your business or what you do:

Real Name:
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business:
Business Name:
Website:
Type of Lathe(s)?
Tell us about yourself?

[piaptk]

Real Name: Michael Dixon
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All of the Above
Business Name: Lathecuts.com, Mobile Vinyl Recorders, PIAPTK
Website: www.MichaelDixonVinylArt.com , www.RecordLatheParts.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Mostly Presto 6Ns and 8Ns, but I dabble in other stuff.
Tell us about yourself?
I sell parts, accessories, and embossing needles/styli, as well as buy/restore/resell record lathes.

[tragwag]

Real Name: Tyler Bisson
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Small Business mostly
Business Name: Audio Geography
Website: www.audiogeography.com
Type of Lathe(s)? (2) Vinyl Recorder, Presto 6N, Recordette (for fun)
Tell us about yourself?
drummer, guitar player, DIY punk rock guy from Tallahassee FL by way of New England

[KNOP]

Real Name: Wim Nel
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All of these yes
Business Name: KNOP Recordings
Website: www.knoprec.be
Type of Lathe(s)? KNOP DIY lathe
Tell us about yourself?
When I'm not making records or tinkering with the lathe I like to design&build random stuff/machines. And make weird electronic music.

[Stowvinyl]

Real Name: Byron Mitchell
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: I am a small busuiness doing lathe cuts and masters.
Business Name:Byrons Yard
Website:https://www.byrons-yard-vinyl-record-cutting.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Scully
Tell us about yourself? I am a vinyl enthusiast and have been cutting laquers on my Scully for the past ten years, based in Walthamstow East London

[missedout]

Real Name: Doug
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Yes
Business Name: Missed Out Records
Website: www.missedoutrecords.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Rek O Kut M12
Tell us about yourself?
Started a DIY label doing cassettes and invested in a Rek O Kut and am looking into providing affordable lathe cuts for small bands.

[symatic]

Real Name: Si
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: all of these
Business Name: Cut & Paste Records
Website: www.cutandpasterecords.bigcartel.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Presto 14B
Tell us about yourself? I'm a scratch dj from the UK who's fascinated by how records actually work. I design scratch records - sample libraries on vinyl that are arranged with the turntable-musician in mind. We loop samples in various BPM's that coincide with 1.8 second loops, so we can make the record "skipless" - an idea invented by DJ Swamp. The same sounds looped for about a minute, giving you a nice chunk of the record to throw oyur needle at and if it jumps during the performance it will end up on the same sound in an adjacent groove.
I perform with a crew called the Skratchlords, we do improvised performances over energetic beats, or we just make the beats live with the turntables.
I am interested in making records more functional for musicians in this way, and I work closely with the pressing plant to get the best results possible. We try to do wild stuff too like weird lock grooves, etchings and other stuff to make the records more fun.

I've been working on the Presto for a while, slowly... recently its started working - sapphire embossing stylus from PIAPTK and fixed pitch LPI. I'm training myself up before getting involved with the Caruso stereo head I have waiting to go on this beast. I hope to be able to cut my own masters on the presto (as it has a 16" platter that would accomodate professional laquers) so i can stop pestering pro cutters with my ridiculous requests!

thanks to everyone on this forum for getting me this far!

[yano]

Real Name: Janos Hovodzak
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All
Business Name: YDM Records
Website: www.ydmrecords.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Souri's Vinylrecorder
Tell us about yourself? I'm a producer- dj from the Hungary-Europe , artist names: DJ Yano aka Yan De Mol, my own record label a YDM Records

[fredbissnette]

hi im fred bissnette and i have a home made lathe and cutterhead i was full time a few years ago and i just started back up part time now, i used to work in the music industry as a recording engineer and live sound technician and before that i was a dj
i live in wolfville ns canada and i emboss poly and plates and cdrs

heres my insta @therealmadstyluspressure for demos

[trailerparkjesus]

Real Name: Ryan
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Small Business
Business Name: American Vinyl Co
Website: americanvinylco.com
Type of Lathe(s)? Vinyl Recorder t560, Presto 8n
Tell us about yourself? Musician, cutter, beer drinker, and a bunch of non sense! Shit some swarf just dropped gtg.

[Jesus H Chrysler]

Real Name: Sean
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: all of the above
Business Name: Rah Rah Records, but I also work with Trailerparkjesus at American vinyl Co.
Website: on facebook- rah rah ( lathe cut) records
Type of Lathe(s)? Presto k-10 and k-6
Tell us about yourself? I play theremin, scratch the califone, make some circuit bent gear and other homemade instruments, do art and cut records.

[RedSpadeRobyn]

Real Name: robyn
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: hobbyist and (pseudo)business!
Business Name: Red Spade Records
Website: www.wecutwax.com and www.redspaderecords.com
Type of Lathe(s)? VR 560
Tell us about yourself?
Lady record cutter in Canada! Working out of Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto. Short runs up to 150. Was hoping to jump into acetates and lacquers, but Apollo.
Having an awesome time, learning a lot from everyone here.

[emorritt]

Real Name: Eric
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All of the above
Business Name: I only do private mastering and demonstrations
Website:None
Type of Lathe(s)? Presto, Scully
Tell us about yourself?
I teach communications at a community college and bring in portable Presto equipment to demonstrate to my classes. I also do mastering for local musicians on the side (I have two Scully machines, one set up for stereo, the other mono) but for how much longer with Apollo gone, who knows. Never wanted to cut on plastic, but am leaning toward that now; can't master on plastic, but for the demos, once the lacquers are gone...

[soeffingodly]

Real Name: Scott
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All of the above
Business Name: ChaiyoRecords
Website: chaiyorecords.com (coming soon!)
Type of Lathe(s)? Vinyl Recorder T560
Tell us about yourself? QA Manager by day, DJ, vinyl collector/lover/cutter and martial artist by night

[Angus McCarthy]

Real Name: Ben W.
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Longtime Hobbyist finally making the leap to Small Business
Business Name: Circle Time Records
Website: (coming soon)
Type of Lathe(s)? Presto K8 (restored), Presto 6N (in progress)
Tell us about yourself?
Record / Instrument / Antique junkie. BA in Music with a concentration in Audio Production. Day job as Sales & Operations Manager at a local independent radio station cluster. Build and sell cigar box guitars when not working on other projects, or scouring area antique malls for midcentury Tiki artifacts. Hoping to bring the joys of lathe cuts to the local scene in East-Central PA. Offering small-batch embossed runs and on-location direct-to-disc recordings using a 100% analog signal chain.

[PMST]

Real Name: Matt Martin
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Small business (but all apply!)
Business Name: Pressure Mastering
Website: www.pressuremastering.com
Type of Lathe(s)? VR
Tell us about yourself? I run a mastering studio in Bulgaria as my day job, also run punk and dub record labels (Woodland Records and Anxiety Attack Rekords) which give all profits to human rights organisations.

[jonty2k]

Real Name: John Phoenix
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: All of these!
Business Name: Phoenix Vinyl
Website: https://phoenixvinyl.co.uk/
Type of Lathe(s)? VRT560
Tell us about yourself? Previously an electrical & mechanical engineer, when not cutting I like to build projects for fun

[MEGAMIKE]

well I missed this one

name :Mihalis Psanouthakis
small biz perthvinylrecording EST 2004
website https://perthvinylrecording.wordpress.com
type of lathes,VR,presto 8n,Presto 6n, stationery stand alone MS16B 1935 presto(rebuild).and inventer of the Unisex dual head fits on presto and VR.
tell us about yourself :complete asshole..

[2043]

Real Name: Michael Rickaby (2043)
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: Hobbyist and R&D for Business
Business Name: None Yet
Website: Not Lathecut related, but if you like Comic books I publish them. Working on cutting website....
https://cepublishinggroup.com/
https://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/4023/CE-Publishing-Group
All books are free (1,200 pages worth), just put $0 in the "pay if you want". We'd rather have people reading than not.
Type of Lathe(s)? Hara M-180 & Hara HF-200
Tell us about yourself? Piping designer by 9 to 5, alter ego as Comic book artist and aspiring record maker by night.
We're just experimenting with lathe cutting to make picture discs for future plans to open a pressing plant.

[Oslovinylfreseri]

Real Name: Håvard Lunøe-Haugland
Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business:
Hobbyist/small business
Business Name: Oslo Vinylfreseri
Website:
Type of Lathe(s)?: VR T560 w/sp-15
Tell us about yourself?: The fascination of being able to make own records in a small scale led me to buying my t560 some years ago. It still fascinates me. Usually making small runs up to 50 ex (or more).

Based in Oslo, Norway