The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Of the test gear?

The test gear, how about 25$ plus ship each.

I gotta rethink my whole mount if i wanna run smaller heads, because the mods to the lathe for the westrex.

ilium wrote:which are you cutting with the Presto 8dg or the Westrex 2b?

Im using a webster. My 2b isn't back yet

Get your hands on some talc for that tube my friend :) Good idea. It plugged up pretty quick. I had a few other issues, the dashpot is way too heavy for this head, heat wire fell off!, swarf tube needed to be closer and the l.p.i. number was just a guess. I think i bottomed out on the lacquer too. ...

Well here they are!

It didn't last long before i got a swarf plug, but for a whole two or three seconds i was cutting a record!

Pretty much everything i built so far needs to be adjusted, as i expected.

3 years work for 3 whole seconds of fun. Totally worth it.

Pm me

Trying to unload

Stuffs

I have a few old test boxes that are definitely out of cal and need attention, along with some scully 280B tape machine parts id sell or trade. Make an offer if interested.

Pics are taking forever to load, sorry

Thanks! I really like the 8d series. I think presto did a good job on them. Built well, and takes modification pretty well too. Not that they saw that coming. I got a lot more planned for it, hopefully some kind of arduino cutting computer, a button panel, metering..... Ive been working on the vacuu...

Made some real progress with a swarf tube holder. I just cut a piece of lexan out to run the tube through and got a longer screw for the dashpot bracket. Mounted pretty good.

I might soon attempt a cut.

Wow!
That is pretty impressive!

Im simply relaying the message for len, trying to help him out as he in turn is helping me.

Hi everybody. Im hoping this is ok to post here, len horowitz of history of recorded sound is having some difficulty keeping the building he is currently in. He's made a short video which is not complete, and is trying to get letters together to prove that HRS is historical, and needs to stay open t...

I feel like there's a way to get the sound your after without scrapping a bunch of blanks for it.

Unless you want the vinyl too.

Thanks. Whatever you do to get good results i would love to hear it. Some tips on EQ would be welcome. I can’t figure out how to eliminate the boxiness of the vocal (mainly). Well, i haven't cut groove one yet. Im still waiting to get my cutterhead back. But, what's your process before you cut from...

Barry wrote:That’s Milwaukie Oregon.

D'oh! I never was much good at geography.

Ah well, we still have presto in common! Enjoy the lathe!

Hey alright! Fellow milwaukee person!

I'd love that westrex setup on it though.

But damn if it's ever rusty as a bastard outside, inside is scary to think about. When he says "deep storage" he means it!

That's a mega refurb in of itself!