The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I'm looking for someone to master some tracks in preparation to go to vinyl. I only have access to the tracks that were previously mastered for CD.

Thanks

-Thomas

Hey, So I've always wanted to start a label that does reissues of older recordings and I finally decided to make the plunge. I picked a recording and managed to find the copyright holders and get everyone on board. In the past I've done a few vinyl pressings for bands that were active and playing sh...

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions! Sadly I can't get in touch with Archer

I know its been discussed on the board before, but its been awhile, so I wanted to see which current pressing plants offers the best deals for a no frills record pressing? Just 12" records, no packaging, white labels, and white sleeves.

Thanks

-Thomas

I made these book molds a while ago . Those looks rad. How have they tested out? Are they heated using separate platens like the Emory Cook press, or is it more like a traditional press using a water pump? This is getting me hyped on Emory Cook again, I really need to get back on this project... -T...

I'm still doing lots of experimenting with it, but its been on hold for a few months. I've got a solid 4 column press and some heated platens I fabricated. I've made a bunch of stuff, detroyed a lot of stamps, and am still slowly getting there. You can see some of the stuff that was featured in an a...

I had some semi-successfully results with it. I drew up some more ambitious plans, but haven't gotten back to it yet. I'm still at it though, I'm doing some experimenting with vacuum chambers and silicon molds this weekend.

Anyone here from the Netherlands that wants to volunteer to go see if these are real?

-Thomas

Its tempting, but the lack of support from Souri on these used units makes me think twice :/

wuh wuh!!??

Meant to send that as a pm. Sending now.

How much?

Thanks

-Thomas

Hey Alex/Lathe Trolls, anyone know which one of these might work on a Presto K8?

Hey everyone, Thanks for all the purchases so far. Its been awesome seeing the progress, and seeing people build stuff with these. I wanted to let everyone know that I've been doing $45 for 2 of these. This includes shipping if you're in the US, contact me for a quote if you're outside the US. If th...

Awesome, this is really making want to invest in a 3d printer.

I'm not in the market for something like this, but I would like to see a close up of the head on that thing. Whats going on there? Just curious.

-Thomas

update, the torque is now screw on so its way more rigid , i made amounting system, i tried to cut some record by plugging the the head direct the output on laptop and old the head by hand and moving it slowly to cut the grove, it worked but it was hard to find the groove to play it back , i got so...

Starting to rethink this some:

They are called leaf springs. They serve two primary functions. First, think of them as guides for the movement of the torque tube. The tube should only be moving along paths that are at 45 degrees off of vertical. I.e., they help to insure that the tube is only moving on angled paths. Second, they...

Opcode/Fela, thanks for the pictures. This explains a lot. I'm still trying to fully understand the mechanical workings of the Neumann head. I believe I have a basic understanding, and I'm assuming the 'torque' of the mechanicsm is supplied by the piano wire extension behind the stylus holder. In my...