The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thanks for the info Mark! I'm not going to lie... some of that went over my head but I'll just need to take my time parsing the info to sort things out. If you could post the stepper eval spreadsheet, it would be much appreciated! I think I'll temporarily mount the stepper to the rail itself just to...

Hey guys. I'm still acquiring everything needed for this build but have a few things so far. I've got the 3d printed parts which were printed by a coworker of mine, Arduino Uno, V-Slot, vertical micrometer, linear slide and the dashpot which is in transit. I still need to get the electronic componen...

Thanks for the additional info guys. I've got a co-worker of mine printing the parts with PETG filament and everything seems to be going quite well. He did have a question about the "Torque Tube with 18deg Tilt.FCStd" that I converted to STL using freeCAD default export settings. The torque tube is ...

Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if there was something different required with the cutterhead design/wiring itself other than switching out the stylus for attempting stereo vs/mono embossing or cutting, or if you just send a mono signal from the PC instead by converting the audio before-hand. Tha...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum but have been doing lots of research and think I'd like to take a crack at this pentlandsound lathe with hopes of a stereo cutterhead such as the build by basssss (Thanks Estrada & grooveguy !) From what I gather, and reading the newbie forum/starter guide, most lathe cu...

Hi folks! My name is David and I'm from Western Canada (Vancouver Island, BC). I've always wanted some of my own music on vinyl but never wanted to spend the money for my inactive projects... which led me to lathe cuts.I've taken on projects in the past such as DIY modular synths, DIY fx pedals etc....