The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

wow, great work congrats! looking forward to when they go on sale

Yeah I got a cease and desist from a lawyer representing a US band. A client of mine ordered single copies for personal use of a few live recordings, which seemed unintended for official release by the band. I made the records, the client shared on instagram and boom I had a very serious cease and ...

I'll just say I'm glad I bought in early, I want to say I paid 1,800 eur? it's a no brainer for folks like me to stay in. like you all said, I trust the team and it makes sense that upscaling the manufacture presented some unknown hurdles. I would definitely debate whether to buy this type of machin...

wow that's amazing! the salt shaker! great work Paul

^^^ yeah what PMST said.
if it's a lathe I'm familiar with I could offer video chat consult services. though I'm sure you'd prefer an in person helper if someone's able
I've worked full time on Presto 6N + T560 Vinyl Recorder machines for 9 years and 7 years respectively if that's helpful

EDIT: all claimed, just leaving for research sake, I don't think I"ve seen the RA-16 mentioned here at all. help me clear out this project stuff I never started. Free pickup in Providence, RI these will be trashed by the end of this week everything should be considered untested, as-is consider donat...

yep same! the first time I ever bought my own plastic (back in 2012, woof) I bought 3/16" by accident. it worked fine!
and was hilarious when people bought my 3x thick records for my punk band

I use this one, with an additional Variac
https://www.ebay.com/itm/292864311937?hash=item443012c281:g:tf0AAOSwljVgrCyJ

interesting project! early on in my embossing experience (presto 6N, embossing polycarbonate with sapphire)
I found about 136 LPI the coarsest that can track the head drop/lead in area without skipping

yeah I've done it a bunch with the VR. I just crank the weight down as much as possible without stalling the blank, double check the groove depth in the scope, and play back with a fibre needle.
all else is the same, meaning diamond stylus cutting and plastic blank

Great news! Glad we could help. As for the cutting angle question... the stock VR head has a backwards biased cutting angle built into it (can't recall the exact degrees off the top of my head), so that's why it'll be approximately correct when the head is parallel to the blank. I still have to pla...

parallel chip tube and some resetting of the heights worked! also happened that my clear plastic tube was clear of chip, but the copper tube had a little stuck in it, cleared that away and the positioning was much more forgiving. I ended up with something similar to the pic that Flo posted, for refe...

hrm, ok! lots to chew on here. almost looks like the two screws at the back of the head are touching the tube in that last photo Flo? to Mike and Sue's point: I based my head angle off this pic, it's too much still? I know the VR head should be parallel, but I took this pic to mean the Caruso should...

basically yeah, I'm finding the closed back and bottom of the head is what keeps the tube from getting closer in. the VR has the back and bottom wide open, aside from the two little tubes keeping the armature in place which I sneak the tube in between. here's my two setups, it doesn't look drastical...

I recently upgraded one of my T560's with the Caruso cutting head (thanks Flo!) but I'm having trouble with the stock chip tube and positioning with the new head. anyone have any solutions or thoughts on how to get the tube closer to the stylus? maybe some pointers from other lathes? It'd be great t...

great! glad it helped, if you find something else that works or even works better, post it here!

did you have any luck with the Myshank anti-static? I used that and it worked fine. I started making my own out of water and a few drops of dish soap, also good. these days I use water + 10 sprays of this: https://www.grove.co/catalog/product/wrinkle-release-spray/?v=3831 might be worth trying any r...

great idea! I've just used a combo of manual paper cutter and xacto blade to do my glue pocket jackets

congrats man! what a great feeling to have your tunes transferred all the way through to a final analog medium.

I'll take one of the heads