The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Resolved! It seems that one of the bolts that holds the carrier to the lead screw had been slightly stripped last time I took the whole thing apart so there was a tiny amount of play in the whole thing which meant that any tiny oscillations in the platter were causing the the head to wiggle ever so ...

I've been fiddling with this issue and it is truly puzzling. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps my oil dashpot is not working properly and when the suction is engaged, the blank is rigidly held on the platter and there’s nothing to give, absorbing the oscillation. Without suction the blan...

Hi! 
Wondering if anyone could throw some ideas at me for troubleshooting an issue. 

I’m getting bizarre rapid vertical movement on the same spot of the record for about 1 cm of the cut every time. You can see the movement on the VU meters and it shows up as visible kind of blotches on the disc. Wi...

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And I also have Souri's mixer, Monitor switcher and Optimizer. If anyone is interested I'd be happy to sell those pretty cheap

Over the years I have upgraded my VR in several iterations. Recently I've landed in a spot where it feels very solid and dialled in. I'll be selling a few upgrades including: Technics SP-15 (recently recapped and in great working condition) Souri's Precision plate + external belt drive motor extensi...

Bought this brand new not too long ago and it's very cool/useful but it just isn't fitting into my work flow.

More info here:
https://sawasoundengineering.com/product/gm1/

DM to make me an offer

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Hi there,
I am very interested in most of this gear.
Please DM me your email address and I can make you an offer.

Where are you located?

It's true that it's been awhile since i've serviced my 1200. I will take it in for a full examination.

Thanks for the suggestions

Thanks for your reply.
Ya there has always seemed to be a "correct" orientation of the brass tightening disk and unfortunately flipping it doesn't solve my issue.
Unfortunately there seems to be a deeper issue at hand.. Still not sure :/

Any other thoughts?

Hello! An unusual issue has come up with my precision platter from Souri. I've been cutting with the same setup for years (standard VR setup with technics 1200 and precision plate with external motor) and only since recently moving my lathe and setting it up again has this problem started. When I ca...

Thanks for the input everyone My heating wires are connected and the circuit is working. And actually the noise goes away with lots of stylus heat (around 30 on the dial with Souri stylus). I'm getting good sounding cuts now like this however I've been getting equally as clean cuts with very little ...

I Changed the dashpot oil and the noise remains! :s

Any other suggestions??? This noise is haunting me!

Good suggestion. I will change the dashpot oil today.

Thanks!

Hey Trolls! I’ve got a very frustrating surface noise issue on my VR. It’s peculiar as it is happening with different newly sharpened styluses (Souri and Myshank) as well as with Souri and Myshank blanks. Been happily cutting for years with clean cuts but I’ve been struggling with this noise for a m...

Thanks. Ya i've adjusted it but haven't actually removed it and put it back in.

I will try and let you know!

Thanks for your reply!
I have another freshly sharpened diamond in the mail from Souri right now. Eager to receive it to do some tests and to get comfortably cutting again.

I will post some audio of the surface noise as soon as I get a chance.

Thanks!

Hi trolls! Long time reader first time poster here. Been cutting on my VR for about a year and although i’ve had plenty of issues along the way i’ve always been able to figure them out.. This time I can’t figure it out though! I was cutting along one day when seemingly all of a sudden (realistically...