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- Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:04 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Why nobody use diamond to cut laquers ?
- Replies: 17
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A diamond stylus without that has a tendency to get the chip wraped around the stylus or go anywhere else except the suction tube ruining the cut That is the main reason that diamond was never a big hit in cutting It does generate static charges whereby Saphire as well as Ruby does not I do not giv...
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:25 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
Will this diamond stylus cut lacquer? Are specs similar to a Transco type M? yes it does, but you'll prefer saphir I think :) Diamond is very good for hard materials. By heating the diamond you can cut lacquer but result depend a lot of your setup configuration. I did, and it works...but not everyw...
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:58 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:10 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
Re: Farking Diamonds
Hey Guys It is the lay of the Grain that is important and not Natural V Man made In actual fact man made diamonds do offer a number of advantages over natural stones in this application Having said that I wonder what the statement " amazing life with good use" is meant to convey It is known saphire...
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:01 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
Well, stanton declares that they use jewelry grade. What is the reality - I think only stanton knows ;) lab made diamonds are yellow, anyway... the new v3 stylus with jewelry grade diamond does sound much better than older stylus. Spherical v3 sounds better than older Eliptical stylus. a little lol...
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:23 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
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Re: Diamond Stylus Available now
Hello, Here we are. Stylus for SX74/SC99 and vinylrecorder are now available and full working for PVC cutting. Everything is ok and works fine. Price : 250€ Resharpened (if possible) : 200€ Stylus life : amazing life (if carefully used) Stylus can be resharpened maybe 2 times, all depends of how ti...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:17 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
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souris plastic are from bayer, am sure someone here gets polys from bayer to try out will i have to send my presto long shanks to get a diamond right, this is not a secret anymore since few months now. But this is a special reference in the company and they don't start to produce less than 2 or 3 T.
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
I only cut now on blank pressed records. If you want to know the manufacturer of souri, I can let you know of course, but the minimum order is 2000/3000 T. (20000€) Life time depend a lot of what you cut and how high, but you can cut at least 150h. The stylus is made with the best diamond ever done...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:01 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
Recording time = amazing .... is this a number of hours? :) Can you give us an approximate recording hours you have, when used carefully? On what material exactly you have tested. Maybe you can give a brand name of PVC manufaturer? Asking because I cannot find locally any PVC that have a mirror fin...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:49 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:22 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Diamond Stylus Available now
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15696
Diamond Stylus Available now
Hello, Here we are. Stylus for SX74/SC99 and vinylrecorder are now available and full working for PVC cutting. Everything is ok and works fine. Picture of the stylus for neumann/vinylium http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3496/img1479x.jpg Price : 250€ Resharpened (if possible) : 200€ Stylus life : ...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:47 am
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: worst cutting/calibration accidents. top 10 ranking!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4026
Eq'ing everything, getting everything perfect ready to cut, test cut sounded great, went and had a smoke prior to cutting then started cutting and did the whole side of an acetate only to realize I didn't switch the head back on so I cut complete silence for 23:00. Needless to say that will not hap...
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:12 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
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- Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:35 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6708
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:45 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6708
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:44 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6708
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:35 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
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Well, first feedback from cutting on VMS70 and SX74 : we have a distorsion in the trebles because of a to long stylus OR a tip to small (1um) Now we get hollydays and next test will be done next month. Problem should be solved in the same time. It sounds good but not enought. We did only laquers tes...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:43 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
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Yes, I'm with Andy. Let's wait few days for the orders. Stylus are ready in 4 weeks now. One with a longer shank can be ordered too but, need the specs.piaptk wrote:So, the shank, you are partners in the same diamond venture as andybee? How do we order? Anyone have the specs of a long shank stylus?
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:01 pm
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: new diamond styli available
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6708
Hello there some answers to your questions : Diamond quality : the diamond we used is the best actually existing. After an analysis of Vinylrecorder and Vinylium stylus, it proved that our material is of a higher quality (what justifies the price). We can build stylus like the others but we prefer t...