The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Dear Friend!

Thank you for your appreciation!

What I am doing with it? Record cutting!
(Maybe some people thought about some pottery but they are mistaking....

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Hi Guys! Here are some pictures about my machine's building advance. The center of the platter. The four screws are for the leveling the platter. 20200728_205212.jpg The platter and the main bearing together 20200728_205301.jpg 20200728_210139.jpg Rubber damping rings for the quieter operation and a...

Hi Lathetrolls! On my promise now I show the pictures about the construction and structure of the main (platter) bearing. Today I did finished it and tomorrow I go to assemble this part completely. The components are: The subplatter and its shaft The cross-shaped fixture ( I made it from steel by we...

The main bearing is under construction...Pictures are coming soon....

Hi Soulbear! Thank you for your message! Sorry I am read your messages in reverse order. So this is why my answer a little incoherent. :-) Now I try to answer your questions: The material of the bridge is "Tufnol" In Hungary it is called "Textile-Bakelite"(resin and textile). I love this substance b...

Hi Guys! As I promised pictures are coming about my progress of record lathe building from scratch: Here are photos about the finished cutterhead-rail bridge and the measuring scale, The finished bridge: 20200615_144132.jpg 20200615_144209.jpg In the backgroud here is the "four legged vice-mechanic"...

Hi guys! Here are some pictures about the progress of my lathe. From scratch... The swingarm itself: 20200506_143057.jpg Assembled locknut and swingarm unit: 20200506_143238.jpg The fully assembled unit with the bearings,and the groove control handwheel: 20200510_124648.jpg Coming soon....

Hi Guys! As I did wrote in my previous post I am planned to build a record cutting lathe from scratch. Now I did begun. First of all I ordered some main parts wich are industry produced. For example among them is the main motor, the linear rail movement by TBI Motion Company and some screws from the...

Hi everyone! Here in the lathetrolls.com many topics are about the restoration of ready made devices,setup tips or other questions. I am going to create a record cutting machine from scratch. So nothing is ready made. Only there are screws,nuts,bolts,metal platters,rods wich are obtained. The motor...