The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

so if I understand you correctly the needles suited for heavier materials did the trick?
Do you have to 'overcut' a lot of times?

probably not on that machine, but possible on a larger vinyl cutter

was thinking to exactly this on a large Roland vinyl cutter, but this seems like an easier solution

Any good results with the needle for heavier materials?

also I believe it's possible to repeat the cutting several times possibly to get a cut all the way trough...

unfortuneately no progress on mine. It was missing the embossing head, but more importantly the attached microphone that also serves as start/stop etc. By short circuiting two holes at the mic in I was able to start it - but without cutterhead no progress. Detailed patent with drawings can be found ...

sorry, I don't have the machine anymore
it was trashed years ago

but the schematics should be in any model so you ask around

pretty sure that dubplates and mastering in Berlin has such a device

sounds great!

do you have some pictures of the machine?

here is one side of what I got done, nothing fancy but works and looks very well

they have the 'white bloom' but no cracks.
Any advice on cleaning?

thanks - won't put them in the oven!

is this a Farichild?
It looks almost identical to a german cutter
can't remmeber brand or model at the moment but very similar look....

I was lucky to buy the Bell Record o Phone with very freindy guiandance from Emorrit on it's use.
An excellent machine that still functions very well.

had the pleasure of getting a graphic cut done by Opcode
turned out very nice
I get the pressed records soon - then I will upload some pictues here
Mine was 'just' text, nothing as fancy as here

is the oil not only to clean them?
or would it do the same as some time in an oven...

it appears to me that it's wood glue - not the same as 'common white glue' I guess... Two part epoxy seems a bit over the top perhaps... Also that it is a bit hard to control around the edges of the vinyl... It should just be something that make two records stick together, and does not create any ch...

in fact I would like to avoid further cooking to get the lacquer taste:-)
any alternatives to soften them up?

these are from the 60'ties...

just a nice find:
at a fleamarket I found a large batch of records from the 'american school music project' published by the red cross.
For some reason these are all 12" laquers (audiodisc + pyral) and behold, many of them were only cut at one side.
Now they are going in the oven:-)

thank you for a most elborate answer!

somwhat strange question:
for decorative use, I have been experimenting glueing records together.
I used superglue but it reacted in some strange witht the vinyl - it kind of 'melted'

Any suggestions on what type of glue would be suitable?

thanks in advance