The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

This is an early model

Where do you buy the new ones

I have been on a mission and a new day job

Just got a nice Rek O Kut 16" tone arm for the lathe

stupid white sapphire, tricking me.. :( Did you buy it on ebay? Every sapphire that pops up on there is listed as a diamond... no, it came with my lathe when I bought it.. they never told me it was a diamond, I just assumed because of its coloring.. I just didn't know that sapphires could come in w...

I am using a traditional presto unit 90b and a grampian head, I will stick some photos up soon.

A year later and I am nearly there.

I only have the 45 motor to fit and build the board to power this part.

Thanks to Amp Doc for sorting out the circuit from the 45 adaptor

Pictures soon

The fairchild is great!!!

This was on craigs list ages ago.

I am sure it sold - it used to be in a Hollywood Radio station

It is a great project and you need to crack on with it.

Would it not be great to have something that you could attach or modify for different lathes.

You are a kind man Uncle Larry, Thanks

thanks for the e-mail

e-mail sent back

Fantastic flo

Ebay USA is your best bet.

I would try and keep all your testing in one thread instead of starting new threads for each question related to the same subject.

Thanks.

The angle of the head can also cause BG noise.

Normally 90 degrees on these heads.

Older disc need to be preheated before cutting to about 36 to 39 degrees - this will eliminate a lot of BG noise.

Sold

I have one 45 left

A 40ft container from the US to the UK is about £2350 a 20ft is about half the price - I know I ship them. If I were the distributor I would look for the cheapest way to ship to the EU and that way be able to pass on these discounts to the customers. I am sure that any distributor would get a discou...

A Rek O Kut 160 would be fine.

PM me please.

Thanks.