The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi,
Great project. I just scrolled down and it looks quite interesting.
I will try to dive more into your project and read along.

I am currently also building a lathe in a box from scratch.
may you like to follow along my process as well

Part 6 - The Turntable Drive

In this part, the components for the turntable shaft are shown and build inside housings to connect them to the frame.
https://youtu.be/MifhgXsRd7s?si=11FobTgJ4aThsgQu

Here is the 5th part of my process of building a record embossing lathe in a red box. In this video i show you how to build the Lever Arm that will hold the embossing head in place and the mechanics to lower it slowly. Pt.5: The Lever Arm - Building a Vinyl Record Embossing Machine AB_q5MKdsOw https...

Hi, thanks for sharing my videos. Someone was faster than me with posting :) I am currently constructing the lever arm + lowering mechanism + transport safety lock Hope to inspire some people. I am always open for thoughts, advices or productiv critcism about my project. So feel free to share it her...

hi guys, i've build my own delta press (in scale 1/24.) :D i designed a paper model assembly kit to build your own litte pressing plant. the card of the paper model is included with orders in few pressing plants in germany. by a total of 6 issues you will have your own little scale-model pressing pl...

VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
Documentary for kids about the only pressing plant in the GDR.
In german. Enjoy!

short movie from Arne Körner about a small pressing plant in germany:
https://vimeo.com/60212739

great shots and good sound! - it's not a documentary - more a art movie.
i like it, may someone of you guys too!

the hose end up in a hole on top of the box. underneath the bearing of the extruder-screw is a hole in the housing of the bearing that got something to do with the hose.
can someone tell, what are these holes made for?

hi,
can someone tell me, what that hose (green color) hanging from the screw barrel to a box on the bottom of the extruder is made for?
is it made for collecting the rest PVC-pellets when cleaning the screw barrel?

someone knows?

i'd like to know, where they went after the wall went down. Are parts of them still in use somewhere? And it's realy interesting, that there was just one pressing plant in the GDR - and that they used machines from the west to produce their amiga, eterna and litera-records. It's easy to get a lot of...

here it is:
any guess, what's the name of the company that produced the presses? TTT or Alpha Toolex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uko4VEjMoM&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s

Hey, i'm looking for information about the only GDR (old east-germany) pressing plant. What machines did they used? Where did they come from - where did they go after the wall went down? Any information or pictures to share? The Pressing Plant was located in Potsdam Babelsberg and was called: "VEB D...

Hi everyone, Because my clamps for heat wires got broken, i made up my own thing to solve the problem of fixing the wires onto the cutter head. I used some M2-screws and soldered them on the wires coming from the cutter head. The tiny wires from the stylus were layed thru the M2-nut-holes and then h...

for playback i do this:
i cut a 46 mm (in diameter) circle with a 7 mm centre hole out of card board (or thick magazin covers ...) and glue them onto the CD


for recording:
i use a 15 mm (in diameter) plastic round bar with a drilled centre hole (7,3 mm)

Hi i'm new to the forum. I live in Halle (Saale) near Leipzig. Sometimes i drive up to berlin or cottbus. I build my own record lathe in january 2016. I used an old DUAL 604 direct driven turntable. The other components are self-made! Here are some pic's: record-lathe_21.jpg record-lathe_6.jpg recor...