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by harper
Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Quality disc recorder Radio-Electronics April 1949
Replies: 4
Views: 1337

you need to uplad the files somewhere else first (a free photo website, ((flicker, photobucket,etc) then put the url inside the IMG quotes and then we can all see it.
by harper
Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:31 am
Forum: The Reference Archive
Topic: Rejuvinating Disc Records 1967 article-Broadcast Engineering
Replies: 8
Views: 3104

Figured this would be helpful for those who are trying to restore these suckers and new to everything. Download and print this out.
by harper
Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:30 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Help, Seeking Record-Cutting FAQ, & other questions
Replies: 2
Views: 1423

All of these ideas are great, I THINK you may the person for this project. You would be a godsend to organize and preserve this information into a simple resource/archive. Maybe everyone here should dig in the library/old hi-fi,broadcast magazines etc. lying around and scan them, and upload them,,,,...
by harper
Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:23 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: flexi discs from vinylrecorder.com???
Replies: 15
Views: 5434

I just go to a plastic manufacturing/cutting warehouse dumpster pull all the extra left over edges and excess from jobs they have that would go to landfill, take home then use circlecutting jig on router... trace a 7",10" etc record ontop of protective plastic, cut with jig and then drill out center...
by harper
Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Another Guy Trying to Cast Records
Replies: 6
Views: 2281

"Emory also invented a new LP pressing process he called "microfusion." Instead of putting a biscuit of vinyl in the middle of the stamper and causing it to spread with the heat and the pressure, he would take vinyl powder and spread it all over the stamper. When the press came together, the vinyl ...
by harper
Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:12 pm
Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
Topic: LOOKING FOR presto feed screw/s for 6-N
Replies: 0
Views: 954

LOOKING FOR presto feed screw/s for 6-N

Help, please.

I already have an outside-in and inside-out both are 112-lpi
which is good ;) for LOUD but
I
wanna squeeze more music in em record.



p.s. does any one know how many diffrnt lead screws were made??

email me :
twigharper@hotmail.com
by harper
Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:01 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: oldest recording 1860
Replies: 6
Views: 1879

tape wrote: strange to think about the fact that the Telefax, Television and computers were all invented before 1900 - just took some time to develop and spread....
The future was yesterday.
by harper
Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:21 am
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: Looking for Lathe Cutting work? easy money?
Replies: 5
Views: 2408

reasonable price? the person has to cut these in real time, the only person who does that kind of mass cutting manufacturing if Peter King. http://home.comcast.net/~cassetto/kingrates.html at around $5nz ($4usd) for a 7" record. He uses multiple machinces at once to whip these things out, So maybe i...
by harper
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:53 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Flexdisc material
Replies: 8
Views: 2230

Bratwurst wrote:
Image

How to drill the centerhole into a mirror? And cutting it? Maybe there's a coating on it?

I
Acrylic Mirror
by harper
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:51 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Flexdisc material
Replies: 8
Views: 2230

--SOLO PLASTIC, clear no pigment added....
the music is Blind Willy Mctell 'just as well get ready you have to die"
by harper
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: Homemade Lathe on Youtube
Replies: 3
Views: 2225

beautiful
by harper
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:19 pm
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: Just got a Presto.....(please help)
Replies: 2
Views: 1975

Re: Just got a Presto.....(please help)

I know I need a cutting arm, amp, and cutting head. Oh I also have to build my own base for it so if anybody else out there has any experience with that please give me a shout. FIrst off whats the model # of the presto? If you have no cutting arm/overhead, amp, cutting head or base.... is what you ...
by harper
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:11 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Cutting floppy discs
Replies: 2
Views: 1240

good luck, never had no success in the floppy disc format, too bad so much wasted dead technology waiting to resued! Best use cases for slip covers for cd lathes.
by harper
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:08 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Flexdisc material
Replies: 8
Views: 2230

i asked him once before and forget exactally but I think for issue #1 nate used plastic plates and then cut them square for the covers of the magazine. this could be a diff material fort the second issue ... he snoops here ocasionally maybe he will give answers.
by harper
Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:04 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: New Cutter
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

heres yer photo: http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj209/djconspiracy/DSC01087.jpg future refernce, when composing message, hit the IMG button, cut and paste (or type) yer image url and then hit the IMG button again. EAZY! the magic of phpbb :D beautiful looking machine, im getting confused... the ...
by harper
Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:10 pm
Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
Topic: Dual Table Presto on ebay
Replies: 4
Views: 1931

Presto Phono Record Vinyl Recorder Item number: 160208569265 Bidding has ended for this item Starting bid: US $795.00 Ended: Feb-20-08 13:56:13 PST Ships to: United States Item location: Eugene, OR, United States Starting time: Feb-13-08 13:56:13 PST Starting bid: US $795.00 Seller: prestocollector(...
by harper
Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:35 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Chip Removal
Replies: 23
Views: 5789

Ive been rigging up a vacccum system the last couple of days, using a compressor that was originaly used for a screen printing exposure suction table. It has an air intake and output, ran a tube from the intake to a glass bottle with water inside to collect the hairs, "water bong method" punched 2 h...
by harper
Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:33 pm
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: some of my cuts
Replies: 7
Views: 5798

yeah the handle has a slight warp bend in it, ive tried straightening it out but no...

ill try the counterweihghtt THANKS!!!

i never connected the weight and line variations