The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

On the case of galvanic/plating Presto said "I note above the prediction that plants without Galvanics are doomed, but I think that depends on how they build in stamper prices to customers, and the supply/demand nature of stampers. Difficult one, of course, because you can quickly eat into margins r...

Hello again It seems that Presto is on the customer side of things rather than the record pressing side, his perspective is common amongst label owners large and small It was not uncommon for a large order placer to suck all the capacity of X plant leaving smaller orders in the lurch Some manufactur...

Thanks guys The old hands chipping in Great to see that! Just as I thought 24/7 and existing gear or not required previously being put into action The Czechs were automated and 24/7 years ago That's the only automated cutting place I am aware, if there are others i am not aware of them Social media ...

Well here we are in the game of getting a finished vinyl record out to the consumer, all the steps to make that possible have taken place so finally a record is out of the door from the pressing plant and on to the distributor the band the retail store or on line sales from wherever My recent post o...

Cheers I did not think it was unreasonable either, However its good to get this feedback Thanks

A year and a bit later? Must be like mine, Ha, I suppose there no takers out there, asking to much? Ill be happy to hear what ppl out there with interest on Presto lathes believe what they should be paying for a good lathe
Just curious It be nice to get some feedback
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Excellent, I believe you got the points correct Craft Art mass production , Draw some lines as to what differentiates each aspect of the process, Must not forget the print side as well there are some great things Ive seen out there in so far as record covers go, embossed, gold stamped, raised print,...

Friendly worms! 100% Never had the problem in Australia after many 1000's of stampers mothers, than in my plant in the UK it was a common occurrence, checking other very experienced electroformers they suggested all kinds of solutions that none made sense, Lo and behold it happened in the USA plant ...

Here we are this thread is lively just looking at all the posts, with all the comments reasons for the state of the the industry past and present the players from veterans as well as new comers some who wish to repeat the folly or some who are observers all good input as well as a varied perspective...

Brilliant guy, right out there, controversial? yes, unconventional? yes, knowing his shit and sticking to it? yes, rub people the wrong way? yes, tolerating fools? no, i certainly miss the guy, what a shame he is not around any longer! great loss to our oddball community, he was an egghead amongst e...

Ectomorphs! What an Interesting moniker, love it very Greek indeed, Ok Ferlach, Tradition going back many many years Famous for Drillings, 410 shotgun with a 22 under the side by or a side by side 12 Gauge with a 303 or 7.62mm Russian German cartridges very close match made and sold all over the wor...

Great stuff, It seems that people are paying attention, finally it seems that at least some rational is creeping in in this thread Sure If you can get 3-3.50 euro per record you break even, than find some more to make a profit If you see the advertised prices it is a long way down from that so where...

Righto The point is quite simple, weight of material processed as against $$$ income, Weather is a record or bottle caps or whatever made of thermoplastic, it makes no difference, when it is all said and done that is what all record pressing plants do in the absence of the rest of the process, Proce...

Hi all We at Zenith have developed and now manufacture in house efficient record pressing moulds for all available record presses AD 12 Hamiltons Leneds etc The reason we have decided to do it that no development has taken place at all in the last 40 plus years It has taken about 7 years to get ther...

Hannes and others here Hello Your suggestions are in essence what every plant ought to be doing at any point in time, I have repeatedly pointed out to many people even here some time back that a plant without cutting and galvanic setup is doomed to fail sooner or later I can assure everyone here tha...

Interesting perspectives from the replies above Thank you all May be I be bold and point out something that it has not touched upon so far It is no secret that most plants out there publish the prices of their offerings, It is there available for any one to see There is a clear breakdown of what cos...

Ok here we go Dissolved nickel minimum 72 Grams per litre, dont exceed 80-85 Grams Boric acid Place a kilo or two in a bag than in the bath It will take as much as needed based on your working temperature Adjust Ph with sulfamic acid at 3.8 after your bath has stabilized with the amount of boric aci...

I hear you and most likely I agree with you up to a point, given that not so long ago there was about 45 plants worldwide whereby the number has risen to well over 100 in recent times, Having said that it does not explain the fact that all plants were busy for at least a year most likely 18 months w...

Well here we are after a few booming years, the proliferation of new pressing plants, plus the increased capacity of prior to the boom existing plants, we are now seeing a number of plants shutting down or in liquidation/bankruptcy Also there are record pressing machines as well as auxiliary equipme...

Yep Can do There be a cost involved in machining and re-machining the moulds but not an issue
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