The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thanks guys. This is helpful. Owning your mistakes and asking for two step metal is good advice. It does however sound like a client could push the run-out groove issue, and insist on having a new cut in addition to new plates at the cutters expense - technically it's their fault. That seems like a ...

thank you!

I am so glad I found this thread. I now have the DVD and am thrilled with what it offers!

If a mistake is made and goes unnoticed until the test pressing, who pays for the re-plating and the test after a new lacquer is cut? (assuming it's the cutting engineer's fault) How do you handle situations where a customer is unhappy, you're to blame, and you must start all over again? As an examp...

what a gem!!

Thanks for the warning. What a bum deal!

Moderator's Edit : as detailed below this is a recurring scam on Craiglist. I've deleted the link so no one here gets burned. Cheers. Aussie. =============================================================== Stumbled on this beauty: Neumann AM 32 B Master Stereo Disk Recording Lathe - £1500 http://ima...

Thank you. Yes, I am giving up on the idea of a Neumann. As long as I can find a solid lathe, and computer I'll be in good shape.

I would love it if all this chatter was on topic. I am still searching for a cutting system. Please contact me with any leads.

OK. I get excited about this stuff too.

I normally call what I do mastering. no matter what it's released on. But seeing i'm among the lathe trolls, I can't possibly say vinyl mastering… Even though most my clients call it that when they hire me! I don't care what it's called. I just want a lathe!

Greetings. I am a mastering engineer in Portland Oregon. The vast majority of my work is pre-mastering for vinyl. It is now time for me to cut my own lacquers! Please contact me if you have any leads on a VMS-80, VMS-70, VMS-66 and or LS-76. N. America only please. Cash is waiting. Thank you, Timoth...

Thank you. This is helpful. I'd also like to add that I was in touch with Gus at Sky Onion, who recently installed a Scully system. He estimates the weight of a Scully lathe, fully assembled, somewhere between 750 and 900 pounds.
These things are beasts!!

Have any of you built a floating / isolation platform for your lathe? How heavy is a Neumann and or Scully lathe?
Thanks,
Tim