The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Doug 6N should have the dimensions for a 45 adapter if it the same as the one for the 8n as i sent him one but i didnt note the dimensions as its was for a 60hz motor and i live in england.

Hello I can tell you a bit about your cutter. I have the original of that from the guy who publiched the mod your has It was designed and engineered by a Mr C W French. Its a presto 8N I think with a another presto carrage chopped up and mounted on its rear probly a 6 series. The stepped pullys belt...

I have a idea on this using a 8inch 240v fan. If you "funnel" the input to the fan down to say 1/2inch and the output of the fan down to say 6inch and make the input "funnel" 12inch long and the output funnel 6inch long the venturi effect should create quite a large suction like a expansion chamber ...

Hello mossboss It helps that my friends are dance djs and have hearing probs!! but I am well impressed with the setup I have. I only use it to cut tracks for me and friends Im no pro.The amp I built works well it has input gain high/low pass filter on input high/low pass filter and gain on the feedb...

My friend has a large collection of 10in 78 for sale I think that they are for handcrankers.Many dirrerent lables HMV DECCA BRUNSWICK COLUMBIA ect. he also has 12in. PM me if anyone is intrested. I got 20 10in for my portable hmv handcranker. They are near perfect to avarge condition.

Hello Im craig 30 I always wanted to cut my own records since I started djing over 14 years ago.Got my self a presto 8N abount a year ago and a grampian head did not know what to do with it and I found this site. It has been invaluable for information on disc cutting. Have now built a cutting amp(wo...

Two broke styli, one toasted presto head and 10 posh tea cup mats at £10 a pop and I then I got a cut worth hearing. Exspensive learning curve :shock: But was worth it and every time I cut a track it gives me a sense of acumplishment...shame I cant spell still :lol: :lol: I still am suprised how a v...

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Big price tag !!!

I Paid £500 for a grampian in england but is was just rebuilt and had 5 cutting styli and heater mount and come in its original box it looks and cuts as if it is new so it does seem a bit pricy but this old cutting gear seems to be a seller market....

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Thanks for info motorino I wonder why I got a much better cut when I run the feedback through a eq and after a lot of testing the feedback eq is simular to a MC phono stage eq never noticed it needed deemphesis.

Its a bit pricey though!

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Vexta do a good range of dc servo motors you can get them with or without gearboxes they come with a control board so you can ajust speed easly they have start stop and brake controls and even a rpm output. the speed is set by a 0 to 5v control signal. I use a 50w one to drive my turntable it has ve...

Gib at Westech services can repair your head but make sure all tubes are ok. cuttercollecter seems to know a lot about these and if you read through tis site he has helped a lot of people.

I have a diameter eq and the paperwork for it I will have a look and see if it has the frequency responce curve or how the diameter eq ajusts the eq if this would help... how are you controling the lathe? are you using midi or a I/O card as Iwould like to do this mod to my lathe!!!

thats a nice proggy ps about feedback some systems add the feedback befor the riaa so the feedback signal gets eq-d.

the sorce signal should be in phase and the the feedback signal is applied out of phase to the sorce signal. this will cancel out unwanted resonances ect just like a balanced audio setup. All I did with my setup was make a riaa filter so the sorce has eq then its buffered using a simple opamp the fe...

Nice plugin I see that you use a midi interface do you use a custom electronics at the lathe end????

If the software was well written that would be a BRILLIANT. and the hardware and interface is very simple to create love the idea.

the head lift could be done with a 12V solanoid and a simple damper when you want to lift the head ramp the voltage to 12v slowly so it dont go with a clang and ramp it back to 0v to drop it this should give a nice smooth steady lift and drop movment. if this was fitted to a lathe all you would have...