The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

... system 17) 1 Laquer degreasing bath 18) 1 Set of tools 19) 1 Set of working benches 20) 1 Set of deviders 21) 1 Set of Cartons 22) 1 Set of vinyl pellets 23) Variouse tools 24) 1 electric sanding machine 25) 1 A3 size paper cutter 26) Anion/cation nickel filters 27) Spare galvanic pump Ted Vreman ...

Leethal You have 4 choices here 1. Grind up some old 12" vinyl records, pass the ground up material through a fine sieve to get rid of the superfine crap in there, good to go 2. Give Paul a call at Zenith records in Melbourne he'll send you up a couple of KG of Compound 3. Give Mathew Hoyne a call a...

With all due respect I imformed all party's of my intention to buy a full tonne once I had compared products. As far as TPC goes I've emailed 3 times and still haven't received reply, I told you this in our pms but that's where your assistance ended. I will continue to reach them however simply coz ...

... be considered very unfair. You contacted companies that sell product by the tonne and criticize them for not being set up to sell you a handful of pellets? Please think before posting criticisms in the forum. You can ofcourse say, "I know my request was unrealistic but Dugdale were able to accommodate ...

Lees pvc compound scorecard: -Linvest in Germany...great comunication but shipping downunder requires a 2nd mortgage. -hlt polymer in China...sketchy on the language barrier, wont ship less than a tonne. -Thai plastic and chemicals...tumbleweeds. and the winner, with good communication, acceptable p...

Evening gents, as the title implys, I'm about ready to test my diy extruder. Only catch is I need a small quantity of vinyl pellets to test and fine tune it. Is there anybody out there able to sell a couple kilos or reccomend a vendor that will?

thanks in advance

... me wish I had the cash to buy a proper press plant (instead of experimenting in the shed). Is it true that theres only one distributor of pvc pellets? I thought there was a european company also? Anyway, who here can sell me a couple kilos of pvc pellets to test my home made extruder? I'm ...

... a different colour making one vinyl puck (biscuit) in a half and half colour. While I don't agree with this method, add a handful of cold vinyl pellets to the puck and you have a splatter record. Other plants that do splatter in the USA are Gotta Groove, Musicol and Palomino. There are others ...

... cooling time The paper sticks to the inner puck PVC The clear sheets overlap the printed matter so as to seal the stack of parts at the edges No pellets are used on the process at all in the mould itself only in the extruder The press is slowed down quite considerably else it will tear up the ...

... by taking a large black disc and pressing clear over it. Anyway, what I was originally saying was that it wasn't possible to put a layer of clear pellets down, then a layer of black, they a layer of clear, press it and get a nicely clear coated black disc. I wasn't saying you couldn't press clear ...

... as people are trying to say, then how is it that they look black but cut clear? That is not possible. You can't press multiple layer discs from pellets of plastic. How coupd you press a black core with clear coating. Not possible. If it is pvc, it is manufactured in layers. And you only cutting ...

Angus McCarthy wrote:Dang, Kee, that last one is amazing. How many different color pellets do you think were in there? Pearlescent ones, too?

around 4 or 5 I think

Dang, Kee, that last one is amazing. How many different color pellets do you think were in there? Pearlescent ones, too?

All good stuff No two records the same which is what the idea of sprinkling pellets mixing them up in the hopper etc etc etc Assuming the extruder was a blending type there is no way any of the premixed various color pellets would be obvious as a blending extruder ...

... suggest lowering the mould temperature at any time. All the photos in this post look great. The flame effect could have been made using not pellets but short extrusions. If the extruder extrudes "spaghetti" that forms in the cup to make a "puck" you can disengage the cup, extrude for 3 seconds ...

My question is this, how do I get my splatter to look like the picture below?
the only thing I can think of is using low heated regring instead of virgin pellets to get that wispy flame effect and maybe lowering the mold temps. I dont know somebody help me out.

Thank you for your replies! I really appreciate it... I find an intresting article about vinyl formulas and vinyl pellets made from various companies... http://vinylfanatics.com/index.php/articles-mainmenu-38/238-the-long-and-winding-road-to-a-classic-vinyl-record However, I decide ...

i hammerd a nail into one.. It does not shatter, and it was pretty hard to get the nail thru. 1/16" is good for pellets, not bullets.

I'm also looking for some vinyl pellets or regrind for testing my diy press. Thanks!

-Thomas

... not that cheap; no one has mentioned distilled water, but you will need it for the silvering process. Just to write down some numbers - nickel-S pellets say 25 Kg x 8 baskets = 200 Kg = 4300 € - silver nithrate say 1 Kg x 700 € or more (silvering) - reducer for silver nithrate (silvering: DGlucose ...