The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

we got plenty, but they are all preformed to toolex alpha forms (1" center)
if that's what you use send me a mail!

Hi there, i have just refurbished a sibert centering punch but noticed that my cutting stamp is 25mm instead of 1inch / 25.4mm can anyone point me to a source in USA / UK where to buy inch-sized cutting punch? Or even better where to get an original sibert punching iron (i would be willing to take a...

let's make a perfume from it
Maybe Apollo no.5, eau de toilette pour hommes

hehe yes i know castor oil of course...but the thing is more that
i guess that special smell is something else...and well yes maybe "unhealthy" as well...
smells organic and familiar but its driving me nuts to not finding out
of what it reminds me all the time...

Hey Trolls,

just wondering if anyone knows where this special lovely smell of fresh lacquers comes from?

peace&love
mart

Hi Trolls, i am getting seal kits made for toolex alpha 7" press: Main-cylinder 170ø --> Wiper and Twinset Seal Pull-Down-cylinder: 45 ø --> Wiper and single acting seal Current price is ca. 175 EUR for the whole set (plus shipping and tax) made in germany... If more people are interested, we might ...

hmm why not ask apollo directly?
they got the transco stylus grinding machinery!

Hello Hello, we got the next bunch of jewelery quality diamond styli made. Made for Neumann, Vinylium and Caruso heads. Incl heating wire... As these are made by a super specialised high-tech company the price has been quite high in the past. It is stil 250 EUR plus tax for one but we would like to ...

...oops sorry...that might be of course...i should lurk around here more often to see what's going on...nyway it is nice to see for the newbies how hari cuts the makrolon/lexan on his own...no need for lasercutters or CNC drilling...

this is very wonderful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y_TqI8ZyzU

Hi Paul and All! thanks for your investigations. It seems as if there is scientific interest in these needles. So let's try to get it done somehow! I will carry some old Pickup needles to our supplier of Diamond styli and will ask him if he has a tool to cut a notch into the tip... it seems from the...

hehe, yes it is getting another "trailer" - story...
i've seen too many of those so called warehouses
and I am afraid my place does already look like such to others
i will ask stanton haha
i need it, today. hehe
maybe i will ask our diamond grinder to do one...

hey trolls,

i guess somebody already came up with this
sorry for posting again:

does anyone have a playback system for stampers or "fathers"
the needle tip should look like a "W" i guess

or is that just rumour that sure made such a beast?

thanks for any ideas!
mart

Grampian Styli are sold now...4 x Westrex still available...

Hey Trolls,

while cleaning up the studio I found brandnew Grampian (Toolex 362)
and Westrex (350 and 350AL) cutting styli...

send me a mail if you want them...i will ask half of current listprice...

All my best
mart

we pressed our own :) but then there is also the "deutsches hifi institut" testrecord which is fine. I used it a lot (mostly the 1000Hz sinus tones) but after years it became noisy and it is not as accurate as one could expect... and there is a new one out: http://www.analogshop.de/index.php/en/shop...

hi i can send them out to you this week, just send me your address to:
ameise [at] amei.se

it is standard PVC from Dugdale
but could work it has a slightly lower melting point compared to other compounds...

viele grüße
mart

hey all, i got some time in the pressing plant to press black 7" blanks... (that is PVC) but I do not have much time to testcut them myself. All you brave cutting engineers out there: I am willing to send samples to everybody interested for free if you take shipping (ca. 3.50 within EU and 7 EUR wor...

hey chris,

no sorry no lacquer cuts made with these yet...
they don't have polishing facets...
I will check that out a.s.a.p. and let you know...

lg
mart

hallo trolls! the next series of diamond styli are available... http://amei.se/~mart/ameise/upload_pool/26445640153115e9b3399385e5b75ada/vds001_boxed.jpg http://amei.se/~mart/ameise/upload_pool/6fce898ce0dba0a97f8e3b14882f6ee3/vds001_warning.jpg these where made from white quality industry diamonds ...