The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Looking forward to your pics Virtalahde! I too searched for all the Scully photos I could find before I got my lathe. I hope mine are helpful as a reference. Are you getting the tube 1574 amplifiers or the solid state 1700 series?

Thanks for all of the compliments on this thing guys. I've been making more progress and I'm cutting lacquer now. I re-capped the amps and made some other component upgrades, got them calibrated and it's sounding good so far. I have to say I'm still nervous still every time I fire it up but for now ...

Thanks! And I agree Angus McCarthy, the lathe's been giving me an adrenaline rush for weeks now. Glad you guys appreciate the photos, Scully truly make a beautiful machine.

Greetings trolls, Over the last 3 weeks I've been restoring a Scully recording lathe for my mastering studio, Sky Onion. Right now the lathe is only somewhat functional - the main motor runs like a champ and it's a rock-solid playback turntable. I'm still working on some of the solenoids and relays ...

piaptk: I checked out your website, looks like you're doing some pretty interesting stuff just up the highway from me. I've actually known Casey Montgomery for quite a while, we just don't run into each other much. Is he on this board? Maybe I should go check out his rig. opcode66, emorritt: Thanks ...

Hi, I'm a new member from Portland, OR and I run a mastering studio called Sky Onion. An increasing number of my masters are being pressed to vinyl and I want those records to sound as good as possible. I want to get closer to the cutting process, either through building a relationship with a vinyl ...