The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I have a matsusho disc fs very similar to the m180, currently the platter motor is shot but I'm working on replacing it now. If your interested I can keep you posted on when it gets fixed

I am all set now I picked up a 6n overhead with a 1d and put it on a big Robinson belt drive transcription turntable. Im now running the head through a realistic public address amp with a passive inverse riaa box.

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Hey guys I linger here sometimes with questions and stuff regarding tips on fixing my lathes and help making cuts sound good. I also sing and play guitar in a ska/rock n Roll band called The Main Street Sweep. We are heading out to Dallas TX from lancaster PA in 2 weeks. So if anyone is interested i...

Thank you so much that is a whole lot easier to understand!

Now when you say you floated the stylus holder in rubber what do you mean? Sorry I'm just having trouble really grasping what to do. I really.would.love to give this a shot. I have some 8ohm 3 watt Dayton audio exciters. You think they would work?

What exciters are everyone using? This looks amazing well done

Is the motor.shaft spinning?

Ok update after some tinkering I've got it working a bit better.i didn't have to kick start the motor and I was able to do some embossing but the turntable only spins at 45. a video of where the machines at now https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kk_BXmDd39P-3dw0igDminkg7zBZZA1h/view?usp=drivesdk Still...

It's a matsusho disk FS record cutter I think it's made by hara. It cuts 7" records. Sorry I'm bad at articulating what I'm trying to say

Still available. 1200 obo

So I've got a K8 and a Japanese lathe but I would like to have a lathe with an overhead added in the mix. Sadly I can't afford a fully restored one right now so I'm seeing if I can find a decent project one for something I can afford and try and fix it up a bit. Idk show me what you got. Thanks guys

Hey guys, so I ordered a 1C cutter head to go with my K8 and it's wound for 500ohms. I know I should probably get it rewound for 8 ohms but right now I'd like to try and keep it at original specs. With that I know there's a way to hook up a transformer going from 8 to 500. I however am not sure how ...

I own Matsusho disk FS I've been flirting with the idea of having it fixed or selling. It mostly works but the motor sometimes needs help getting started then it will continue to run. So if you'd be interested in buying it shoot me an offer or if you can fix it shoot me a quote

Thanks a bunch

Hello everyone I've been embossing for a few months now and I think I'm getting pretty good results with my K8 except I'm getting quite a bit of flutter in the higher frequencies such as acoustic guitar. If anyone has suggestions on how to fix that that would be great. Also I have a matsusho diskLL ...

I'm having a similar issue with my matsusho disk is how did you fix this?

Did you have any luck fixing this?

Hey folks, I have a matsusho diskll FS it was working then the cutting arm stopped moving, any idea how to fix this problem? I hear the motors turning but it sounds like a gear came off track or something. Any help would be appreciated

Thank you for the response. I'm looking to get my feet wet but also not have something that's just fancy garbage ya know? My budget is a little flexible but I need to just know what I'm getting