The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I will certainly give that a try!

I have avoided stylus heating due to Souri making me nervous about applying it to the diamond.

I guess its time to start experimenting. .

Thanks so much for quick reply and suggestions. I heat to 40c as suggested by Souri and I haven't used Stylus heating as it is a brand new diamond and Im a bit scared to, to be honest! I have the precision platter and I also ensure that the platter is not too hot before placing the next vinyl down. ...

Hello Trolls! I'm really hoping someone can help here: I have a mechanical sound that is transcribing itself onto the vinyl that I cut with my Vinyl Recorder. Today I had a big day of testing where this sound was coming from, changing over to a brand new cutting diamond, checking earthing etc. No lu...

I use to cut just with the Technics 1210 MK 2, then I purchased Souris motor and the cuts became MUCH better.

Spend the money and get better quality mate!
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Hi there.. Yes I have the test record from Souri.. I will do what you said and attach image.. Thanks for reply!~

Hi all,, , I'm reasonably new to the Vinyl Recorder, love the machine and have been doing reasonable quality cuts.. Very happy with it. I recently read on here that a good idea was to cut a vinyl without an audio source, with the cutter amp on, which I did. I was surprised to see on my plugin that t...

I have no problem buying my blanks from Souri, I would just like to experiment with different colours and shapes.. I wanted to make a limited edition "Circular saw blade" type record.. Any ideas where to get? Would I cut with a sapphire onto a different product from his blanks? Who does the sapphire...

Yes I agree,, I had some people come and look at the machine who were suppliers of audio components and they couldn't believe the mixer we were using and the fact that the gain was 100%.. If anyone has any ideas how to improve this setup and like stated remove the RCA altogether, that will be great....

Great advise folks and I really appreciate your answers. I still haven't tried the stylus heating yet as I was a bit scared to do so after Souris advice.

Im ready to try now as I have 3 spare diamonds..

He states they are PVC on his website. Why would he lie? And why is it so hard to get these blanks?

High volume audio should be cut at 45rpm mate,..

Thanks mate !

Hey folks I have an unusual request/question. Does anyone know where to get blanks in different shapes from? I want to do a small run of vinyl that looks like a circular saw shape, with jagged edges or something similar like wavy edges.. Ive seen Square and rectangular discs before, so it must be po...

I own new machine, have spoken to Souri about it, just wanted to see if there was any other ways/tips/tools etc..

Thats some awesome advice and Im so grateful for all your help on this guys..

Do I leave the cutter amp off while doing the noise test ? Souri said to do that ?
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I just want to know how you hear the "silence" when you're cutting the audio ? Doesnt really make sense to me ?

Really appreciate your help !

Thanks for your help..

So do you do this with every record that you cut? Or just one tester (throw away) disc? Then just leave it at that setting?

Really appreciate your help!

Sounds great keep me posted !

Hey folks, Before I get told off for starting a new topic, I did search this and couldn't find anything with instructions on how to use the Vinyl Recorders Stylus heater. I have spoken to Souri, however I cant really make sense of it all and thought Id hit up one of you guys using it already. If any...

Im happy to send a Souri black blank to anyone who wants to do the test. I took a Clear bLANK disc into a plastic company here and they said look at the blank from the edge, if its blue'ish its PC, if its Clear its PVC (or vice versa - sorry it was a while ago now) Can someone confirm this so I can ...