The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Owner of Sound Affair Mastering in Santa Ana, CA.
Right now mastering only for CD but getting back into lacquer cutting in the spring after I get the cutting system up and running.

Cheers

Looking for a supplier or dealer that sells the helium flow meter that shows how much helium that is flowing from the helium tank to your cutter head. I recall it was a clear square Plexiglas cylinder that sat next to the lathe or the tank. It had red numbers and lines on it, with a small ball that ...

Don't worry. Your never to late to the party.
I will have my system up and running by mid spring.
Be ready though to come up with a bit of $$ for a Neumann system.

Hello piapik,
I'm in.
Are you coming out for NAMM?

Soak them in a metal tub of MEK, Methyl Ethyl Ketone. The coating will come off real fast.
Watch out though, Use in a well ventilated area and keep away from heat and flame.
A pretty nasty solvent. MEk will go a long way and will clean a lot of disks.

In the photo it looks like there are two VU meters so it must be a stereo recorder.
Nice machine for it's age.

I would like something on the Capps Vari groove system also.
Thank you.

I got them today Tubefan.
Thanks Maistrow.

Thank you both for your help.
Ron
Sound Affair Mastering

Hello Trolls, Would anyone know what the inside dimensions of a Scully 501 lathe frame. I am trying to find out the size of the lathe with the side panels and table top removed. The first dimension would be the width, measured from the outside of the posts. And the second dimension would be the leng...

Which lathe from Quad Tech are you referring too?

Good work Leandro. I know you have been
working very hard at this.
Ron
Sound Affair

It's Criminal !!

So sad to hear this news. I always enjoyed catching up with Al at the AES shows.
I heard him speak last October at NY AES about disk cutting. He was a great teacher when I was a student of his at the The Institute of Audio Research. He will be missed greatly.
Ron Leeper
Sound Affair Mastering

Yes it is. In such a short time we have lost two great audio engineers
in the pro audio field. Roger Nichols and George Marino.

Yes, This is sad.
He will truly be missed.

legendary NYC mastering engineer George Marino passed away today, according to a statement from Sterling Sound. “Today Sterling Sound and the music industry as a whole has suffered a tremendous loss. Senior Mastering Engineer George Marino lost his battle with cancer this morning. Words cannot expre...

I have been looking for a cutting system for a few years now. This one is in one of the worst systems I have seen. I agree with you audadvnc, it will take a long time before you will see any return from this lathe. Also you need to think about the front end of the system, such as, Eq's compressors, ...

There is an article on this titled, CD direct metal mastering technology: A step toward a more efficient manufacturing process for compact discs. Audio Engineering Society Journal, volume 35 number 3 March 1987. By Horst Redlich and Gunter Joschko of TELDEC, Berlin, West Germany.

Looking for a Scully lathe and Westrex electronics with the 3D II cutter head or a Neumann cutting system. Please PM with any information.