The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

How to Register (email Steve your Username)
This tells you what you need to do to register for this chat forum.
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Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
This is where record cutters raise questions about cutting, and trade wisdom and experiment results. We love Scully, Neumann, Presto, & Rek-O-Kut lathes and Wilcox-Gay Recordios (among others). We are excited by the various modern pro and semi-pro systems, too, in production and development. We use strange, extinct disc-based dictation machines. And other stuff, too.
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Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
Topics regarding professional record cutting.
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Plating and Pressing
Once you have cut a master laquer, you have metal stampers created and have records pressed from them. Discuss manufacturing here. (Record Matrix Electroforming- Plating, Vinyl Record Pressing.)
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Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
Anything goes! Inventors! Artists! Cutting edge solutions to old problems. But also non-commercial usage of record cutting. Cost- effective, cost-ineffective, nutso, brilliant, terribly fabulous and sometimes fabulously terrible ideas.
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Newbie Forum
Introduce yourself! Recommended for people who are just starting out, as opposed to experienced lathe cutters who are new members.
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Classifieds & tip-offs
Selling equipment? know of a good lead on obtaining equipment? looking to buy? You can post info here.

Note: We have no system in place, nor the human resources, to enforce fees, for what amounts to placing an ad with the best possible audience for your items. Nonetheless, there is hope, need, and expectation: Please show good will, and help the site survive, by giving a contribution (using the golden button up top) when your item sells, or if the site helps you find the service you need.
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Our Cutters and their work
Who are you? Tell us about yourself, get feedback, and provide links to your work.
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Gigs and Events
If you are a performer, list shows or tours here. If you know of concerts, meetings or conventions that might appeal to other members, list 'em here. Don't be shy, we are interested!
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Caveat Emptor
Distinct from the "Members Only" section about business disputes, this is a section for those sellers who have distinguished themselves by scamming multiple customers. AND for sellers who have ghosted customers during long delays. If you intend to start a thread here, you must check with Steve E. first -- this forum should only be a LAST RESORT.
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Circuits, schematics and manuals
yep.
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The Reference Archive
A spot for keeping track of especially cool (informative, fun) videos, photos, scans and other links about record cutting. (You can post them in other sections. Eventually they may end up here.) NOTE: Please put *Circuits, Schematics and Manuals* in the section with that name.
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Services
Links to helpful record-lathe-oriented services (repair, equipment) and their websites.
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Playback!
Turntables, tonearms, preamps, amps, cables, monitor speakers. What do you use to play back your one-off dubplates or pressed records? (related topics, too.)
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Handcrankers
Devoted to discussion of all-acoustic record-playing machines, such as Edison cylinder players, Victrolas, Brunswick Ultonas, and the like. When the Big Blackout happens, this will be the only audio evidence of our civilization (as it is).
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The Treehouse
Stuff not covered by the other...Forii? whatever. General goofiness. (You should not post here unless you've been contributing elsewhere on this site.)
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The Epic "Recordette" Project
This is a special section, perhaps temporary, to help our man Timmy1 with his efforts to assemble a working 8J10 Wilcox-Gay Recordette for experimental record cutting. The reasons for this will be explained shortly, but please do check in and help! He's a great guy with a worthy project.
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Site Announcements and Meta-Forum
Announcements and discussions ABOUT the site. Info on registering, ideas for improvement, FAQs and the like.
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