The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Congratulations!
Well done!

If alluminum,
¿Maybe a pyramid is stiffer than a cone?
Because of the edges..
I don't know, just asking..

Hello,
Try adding some weight to the head, a couple of metal washers on top, per example.
Hope this helps.

Hey!
Not bad, nice heads!

...well, almost...

https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7414&p=47898&hilit=stylus+shank+diameter#p47868

Hello,
1.6, (what yields more or less 1/16 inches) is good.
All stylii I used were that measure.

Is 1-C, but i think 1-D is the same

Not a great photographer, sorry

Hope this helps.
Grid at the back is 1 mm per mark

+1 Yes, thats good idea!

Note- TB6600 is for steppers so you have to connect just two of the four outputs, the motor only have one winding.

Hi,  I'd like to emboss at half speed too, that seems a big improvement.  Well, the best solution may be a mechanical reduction of speed, and let the motor work in the conditions it was designed for,but I cant figure out how to do it easily.   About electronically, I have drived induction motors (no...

I had to counterbalance my Rek o Kut too, when hung a 1-C on it...

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Congratulations!!!
Thanks, Steve

...And embossed records have two ligth patterns, one from the groove and other from the horns,... not identical!

Wellcome
Have you seen this already?:
https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8187&hilit=a+sinple+cutterhead+you+can+build

I'm happy it worked for you.

EposLab wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:31 am

. Did you already tried to make real cutting carbide similar to diamond design?

I tryed, but not for long enough, managed to get a continuous swarf, but way too noisy.
Nothing like a diamond, for that.

20200311_163204.jpg Hello, This recordings sounds great! ...and nice song! I grind my own stylus too, for my use and some friends. They have a aluminum shank but carbide point. I tryed tungsten in the past, and carbide perform more or less the same (Did not extensive tests) but I get carbide in a m...