The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

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That "VR" is shorthand for the Vinyl Recorder T560 from Ulrich Sourisseau (https://www.vinylrecorder.com/)

What have you learned today that you can share with the rest of the class?

Very nice!

Hrmm…my favorite cats are polydactyls. So adorable.

As for my favorite famous cat…whoever the white cat that is rocking out to half of The Kifness songs. ^.^

I second this! My wife and I are doing a similar project in Michigan. The Lathe Cut Camp was amazing! I don’t have any lessons learned yet, though I would recommend finding a source for your blanks. Surprisingly we found CNC shops could get us a better price than some of the local plastics distribut...

That looks awesome!

Thanks for sharing!

Also, impressed you do your own lathe work. ^.^

Can we get a picture?

That was really cool!

Thanks for sharing the video.

Haha, love it!

What’s the song?

More importantly, what’s your favorite cat?

I can only speak from experience, and I have non with Souri. Someone in my hometown successfully got their lathe from Souri, so it is possible. As far as I can tell they are happy. Personally, I attended the Lathe Cut Camp and learned a LOT from Mike, with absolutely no pressure to buy a lathe (in f...

A motor is a motor. Some are pretty terrible to repair, but I’d be surprised if you can’t find a replacement. You have to match characteristics, of course, and maybe do some mods, but you should be able to find an electric spiny thing that will spin the other spiny thing. To be honest, most of the p...

Hello! God, it’s been decades since I posted on a PhPBB forum! Love it…right or wrong I feel like a kid again. Anyway, special thanks to Mike for the Lathe Cut Camp and for rebuilding a Presto 6N for me. Still building out the shop, but very excited to get this off the ground My wife and I are start...