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- Wed May 15, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Vinyl Record Pressing Plants The raise of the Pheonix and back to ashes?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 360
Re: Vinyl Record Pressing Plants The raise of the Pheonix and back to ashes?
I hear you and most likely I agree with you up to a point, given that not so long ago there was about 45 plants worldwide whereby the number has risen to well over 100 in recent times, Having said that it does not explain the fact that all plants were busy for at least a year most likely 18 months w...
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Vinyl Record Pressing Plants The raise of the Pheonix and back to ashes?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 360
Vinyl Record Pressing Plants The raise of the Pheonix and back to ashes?
Well here we are after a few booming years, the proliferation of new pressing plants, plus the increased capacity of prior to the boom existing plants, we are now seeing a number of plants shutting down or in liquidation/bankruptcy Also there are record pressing machines as well as auxiliary equipme...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:48 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: very thin pressings <120 gramm
- Replies: 1
- Views: 82696
Re: very thin pressings <120 gramm
Yep Can do There be a cost involved in machining and re-machining the moulds but not an issue
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- Sat May 11, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Zenith Records Milestone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 575
Re: Zenith Records Milestone
Thank You We have an engineering tool and die making division where we produce moulds, and other items for our industry, we are well equipped with CNC and manual machines, Since hardly any innovation or development on moulds has taken place since 1970 odd, we now we have developed quite unique recor...
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Cutting a shellac record, historically possible?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 175
Re: Cutting a shellac record, historically possible?
Nah man, You got it 100% right No way one can cut on what is commonly known as shellac discs/records, which is a misnomer really since the composition had a lot more ingredients than shellac which was a minor component, around 70 odd percent was fine ground slate, with a bit of rubber and some shell...
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:43 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Zenith Records Milestone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 575
Re: Zenith Records Milestone
Thank you Michael Sure we have been doing all of this for a while now, Outer covers/Jackets for all sizes 7" 10" 12" standard, plus double and gatefolds either one or two records, lately a triple record!! Gatefold and a half? what would one call that?? that was challenging, Record was Cogs, it certa...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:18 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Zenith Records Milestone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 575
Re: Zenith Records Milestone
Cheers Man
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- Mon May 06, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: Presto 6N Vinyl Record Cutting Lathe listed on ebay australia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 167
Presto 6N Vinyl Record Cutting Lathe listed on ebay australia
Hi Guys I have listed this gem some time back it does not seem to attract any interest so here is a link for anyone who wishes to take a look at it Happy to take any questions here as well best https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/145502429974 If the link does not work let me know, I am also open to offers h...
- Sun May 05, 2024 5:44 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Zenith Records Milestone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 575
Zenith Records Milestone
Hi all After a long pause here I decided to start posting again sharing some knowledge picking up some new tid/bits etc Well it also 15 years of continuous production at Zenith records under my stewardship, what is the milestone? 10,000 titles have been cut plated and pressed in house, Considering o...
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:38 am
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: 7" Press Tonnage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1469
Re: 7" Press Tonnage
There is tonnage and tonnage, what you need to keep in mind is not only the pressure in tonnes but the projected area of the record, 70 to 80 tonne range garage presses are plentiful they will not press a record you need the area of the piston that exerts the pressure about the same diameter if not ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:45 am
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Technical specialist required for alpha toolex ad12
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19816
Re: Technical specialist required for alpha toolex ad12
No feedback from the Swiss guys so far, I wonder if they have solved the issue, most suggestions here are valid, To me it seems that the label holes are slightly under sized assuming the tearing is on both sides of the record, if so all records will be the same, torn If on the other hand it happens ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:44 am
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Local council/governmental notifications needed for for pressing plant in the UK
- Replies: 3
- Views: 313
Re: Local council/governmental notifications needed for for pressing plant in the UK
Sure It is a simple registration, Now consider what you are required to do to it, for it, Control the possibility of Legionnaires Disease, Algae growth, maintaining pH levels as well as corrosion of all the plant downstream, Chemicals etc that's where to cost is, in so far as the boiler is concerned...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:48 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5348
Re: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
There were quite a number of patents on that. Also a few white papers Keep looking you dig them out.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:28 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5348
Re: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
Juba has a good link also referencing a whole lot of other patents. take a look. Best.
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:23 am
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Record Press Manufacturers New machines only
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2457
Re: Record Press Manufacturers New machines only
Thank you fellas. More to come?. Any one can chip in
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- Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:22 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5348
Re: Project : Diamond stylus for lacquers
There was a Japanese patent on the diamond stylus for lacquer. Do a search for it. If I remember rightly it had a .0001 gold wire embedded at the back in contact with the lacquer to ground the static electricity generated to ground. It had 3 wires two for heater one to ground the static. I am sure a...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:39 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Record Press Manufacturers New machines only
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2457
Record Press Manufacturers New machines only
Hi all I think is about time that we have a list of the people around the globe who make new presses as well as moulds to suit their machines as well as other services available or offered to the Vinyl Record Pressing industry Please provide a short description of products available also contribute ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:28 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Emery Cook related
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2496
Emery Cook related
Watching an Australian film " The last Goldfish" on a qantas flight to somewhere, as one does to pass the time, I was quite surprised to see some footage about this guy, in the movie, there is a fair bit of information as well as some photos on this characters enterprises in Trinidad in the movie Th...
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:37 pm
- Forum: Plating and Pressing
- Topic: Nickel sulphamate, presence of ammonium.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1754
Re: Nickel sulphamate, presence of ammonium.
Is Dead, finished, gone, useless, expensive costly excersise 57-59 C is getting very close to ruining the sulfamate solution any way, your thermostats even with an accuracy of 2%, doubtful, will get it above 60 C the maximum for NS liquid It is very simple, if the liquid in the tank is at the above ...
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:33 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Lacquer Specific Plating Issues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3702
Re: Lacquer Specific Plating Issues
Argh the joys of making vinyl records ha Well yes I remember that Finishing.com post The guy was effectively dummy plating his cut lacquers, nothing worst, unbeknown to him of course, his output was bad until he figured it all out I wouldnt go that far as saying that Transco Apollo or MDC are in any...