The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

The sale was for the entire business including many intangibles, so it would be impossible to say what the equipment went for anyway.

SOLD

SOLD

This system was George Horn's. His understudy Anne-Marie Suenram has acquired the business from George's estate, including the equipment. She will have it running again soon, in the Bay Area.

If you wish to ask me whether I'll tell you the purchase price, I will of course say "No."

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A fully operational cutting system, located near San Francisco. Neumann VMS66 lathe, SX74 cutterhead, SAL74 cutting rack, late model, ZUMA Variable pitch system , Sphere disk mastering console, 4 channel full A/B switching, 2 x Sontec EQ's, 4 channel, mastering version. Studer A-80 Preview tape mach...

EmAtChapterV wrote:I knew of someone who had a system like this for cutting - the chip jar was behind the lathe as per usual, but was connected to a series of PVC pipes through walls to a vacuum pump in the garage

I went to a system like this years ago...so glad to get that noise out of the cutting room.

Greg, you're confusing me. Are you talking about Transco styli or lacquers?

I have a Scully/Westrex system 3DII and 3C heads with advance balls...What about rake angle? I was advised to have the stylus around 15 degrees forward in order to cut a cleaner groove. This sounds suspicious to me. The "rake angle" is usually defined as the angle of the flat surface of the stylus,...