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- Mon May 07, 2012 6:50 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: URGENT QUESTION, Disco-Press of Belgium - still in business?
- Replies: 2
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URGENT QUESTION, Disco-Press of Belgium - still in business?
URGENT QUESTION, "Disco-Press" of Herk-de-Stad, Belgium - still in business? If so, can anyone give me ANY contact info, for last-second inclusion in upcoming book Basic Disc Mastering 2nd Ed.? Disco-Press's website is now dead: Also, they don't come up under google search for "belgium vinyl record ...
- Thu May 03, 2012 1:04 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Does anyone have a good quality reel-to-reel deck for sale?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4826
Right, about the sticky-shed issue: Choose your tape CAREFULLY. Running one bad reel of old tape can foul up a deck, requiring careful cleaning. You should be safe with the newly-made studio tape. I researched 1/4-inch-tape sticky-shed problems (as far as doing lots of google searches & reading inte...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:39 pm
- Forum: Playback!
- Topic: Speed issue on a USB turntable
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2837
i personaly think its the generation gap .the old skool turntable know how was explaned incorrectly to the new makers of turntables. so things like wow and flutter are not important for a machine that also has a mp3 player and cd/usb. BINGO. monkey1553, cool tip about the oil, will try - though I n...
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:04 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Video : PolyGram UK Plant (w/ styrene 7") 1988
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1217
Video : PolyGram UK Plant (w/ styrene 7") 1988
1988 polygram plant vid. 8mm, dark. Look close starting at time 0:28 , then again at 0:51 -- Two things: There appears to be 7-inch 45's being ejected & rolling out VERTICALLY, at a much faster rate than normal 45 presses can output, so my guess is, styrene injection molding - Anyone know? (Even tho...
- Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:33 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Tompkins Square label is bringing back the 78 rpm
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3445
Tompkins Square label is bringing back the 78 rpm
http://www.tompkinssquare.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/554100_10150650658204775_45121499774_9645270_997169947_n.jpg "San Francisco-based record label Tompkins Square is bringing back the 78 rpm." DANG, THESE GUYS HAVE THE SAME IDEA which I had back in 2002 when I started my home-based b...
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Rev 2 of my DIY Stereo Cutterhead
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20527
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:31 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Home-made Acetates?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4172
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Lathe cut records V Pressed records Secrets Unveiled
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1793
Anybody have connections at the History or Discovery Channel? Pitch them the MossBoss/PIAPTK Record Cutting Reality Show. The Odd Couple meets The Real World meets American Chopper for vinyl nerds. Watch two bullheaded record cutters bang heads and babble in circles about things 99% of the world do...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:52 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: 1960's Australian record-making video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 917
1960's Australian record-making video
1960's Australian record-making video, Astor records - Only shows a little of the cutting-to-pressing business - Jump to time 2:09. (Mossy, did you work for Astor?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBTBuG4xqU
- Bob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBTBuG4xqU
- Bob
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:00 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Nice Biography of Alan Lomax. References to lathes he used.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 942
Very Cool, Clint! Looks like a fun read, just ordered a used copy, thanks. A 78-mail-trading friend just took a vacation trip including Sun Studio in Memphis, and posted to youtube a video showing all the 1940s-50s vacuum-tube cutters & tape machines Sam Philips used: Besides his Presto 6N & 1D, it ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:29 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: F.S. Manual for Westrex 3D II head & RA1700 Electronics
- Replies: 2
- Views: 777
- Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:03 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: F.S. Manual for Westrex 3D II head & RA1700 Electronics
- Replies: 2
- Views: 777
Id like to purchase this temporarily for use in the book I'm helping Larry Boden publish, "Basic Disc Mastering 2nd Edition", which will be for the professionals & anyone interested in the disc-cutting proccess. This Westrex info would be most helpful to pull information from to include in this book...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:54 pm
- Forum: Playback!
- Topic: 1950s - 1980's drop-stack players, and large 45 center holes
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13449
It is absolutely essential, not just to adhere to the greater thickness under the label. but also that there is again an area of thinner material inside the part with the greater thickness, just surrounding the large hole. This is to make room for the knives. Yes - Thanks Graybeard. there are actua...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:07 pm
- Forum: Playback!
- Topic: 1950s - 1980's drop-stack players, and large 45 center holes
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13449
THANK YOU andybee !
I went back and changed every mis-quoted occurance of
"0.003 (+/- 0.006) inches" in my post, to the correct quote of
"0.030 (+/- 0.006) inches".
"Remember the Hubble..."
http://www.jstor.org/pss/4165153
- Bob
I went back and changed every mis-quoted occurance of
"0.003 (+/- 0.006) inches" in my post, to the correct quote of
"0.030 (+/- 0.006) inches".
"Remember the Hubble..."
http://www.jstor.org/pss/4165153
- Bob
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:35 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Of possible interest to 7-inch pressers who sell to the US
- Replies: 0
- Views: 957
Of possible interest to 7-inch pressers who sell to the US
Of possible interest to 7-inch pressers who sell to US markets, in the "Playback" section of this forum:
https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=2785&mforum=lathetrolls
- Bob
https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=2785&mforum=lathetrolls
- Bob
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: Playback!
- Topic: 1950s - 1980's drop-stack players, and large 45 center holes
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13449
1950s - 1980's drop-stack players, and large 45 center holes
PURPOSES OF THIS POST: (1) To present the RIAA dimensional spec for 7-inch Large-Hole vinyl record singles, specifically the part of the spec related to CENTER HOLE EDGE THICKNESS; and (2) to present a reason why It's A Good Thing For Plants To continue to remain Compliant With That PArt Of The Spe...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:50 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Alpha Vinyl Record Pressing Inc
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2904
- Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:49 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: UK 7"s and Capitol / Warner Bros. US 7"s : How Did
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2116
Mossy, thanks for the response about the embossed labels, wondered about that too... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqUOKpQE3su52hJNBOFbG9ulhw~~_12.JPG Cymbalism, I read somewhere that the purpose of those hatch-marks on the perimeter of the label was to prevent the records from slipping against one...
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:59 pm
- Forum: Services
- Topic: List of Confirmed Disc Cutting Studios
- Replies: 44
- Views: 55658
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:59 pm
- Forum: Services
- Topic: List of Confirmed Disc Cutting Studios
- Replies: 44
- Views: 55658
QUESTION: Trying to compile a list of more than the 4 or so USA cutters listed here so far... Does anyone know if ANY of these cutters from 1981 are still active??? (I suspect "No", but, Have to ask...) Also, can anyone tell me if they know which USA PRESSING PLANTS offer in-house cutting? Or if the...