The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Cool, I was wondering when Direct to Disk recordings were going to start becoming popular again - this is good for vinyl. - Bob It never stopped here, down under, we do a few a year Nothing like the setup at Metropolis though This place reeks of money (not us) :roll: Must be doing something wrong! ...

[quote="Aussie0zborn"]Plating time varies according to the gear you use. A high speed plating tank can make a stamper from a mother in thirty minutes. Like to see that There was a lot of Hoo Ha about this back in the days about NSpeed however no plant could deliver the current required so no one too...

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1. but recently the pits have cause holes all they way through the stampers. 2.we have never been able to get a pH under 4... 3.it would really help if we could find a chemical supplier to test our solution for us!) 4. electroformed Hey Whitehorse 1.Have you changed your silvering method at all? It...

Any forum members have experience plating? Curious on the costs and startups if one wanted to get involved: Amounts of silver, nickel, water, and (if possible) electricity used per month. Plus how many people needed to run the system. Lets say even if just plating 20 12" jobs and 20 7" jobs a week....

Ok, I got it backwards. thanks for clearing up my parental issues. Well here is another version of "genitic" terminology used in the art A master ( matrix, first metal negative) From the Lacquer, Acetate A mother (positive) Against the master (metal to metal) A stamper (negative) again (metal to me...

anyone have decent pics of sp75? thanks We have an original Brochure as well as all the schematics, working drawings, asembly instructions as well as the tape interface spec's and all that lovely printed stuff that Germans include in their gear it takes a bit of following though as they designate a...

What I have is "latex" but I'm not sure it's pure latex since it came from a fishing lure supply. It's slightly lighter in color than other pieces of latex I have but those may have darkened with age. Hey Emorrit Here is a fairly easy fix for your hoses If you know any one that uses tin chloride to...

The only problem we have now is occasional pitting on the masters in the plating process. Soon to be resolved hopefully. Hi There Is the pitting in the back or the face with the cut? If in the back of the plates and it is not affecting the face Just polished It off it start with about 120 grit and ...

Zenith uses manual presses. I never realized the time it takes to do it that way. Hey It goes something like this Interval about 10s Heat 1 about 6 s Heat 2 about 18 s The press closes about 1.5 s before heat 1 time runs out It stays on heat 2 for the duration set ie 20 s minus 1.5 than goes to coo...

Hi all I have not being on for a While here had to shift my vinyl pressing plant to new premises so have been rather busy This is a brilliant thread I must admit. I am one of the only fully fledged vinyl pressing plants here in Australia I do know Ozzie personally in actual fact we have two of his p...

Well that is great that you did get the answer you where looking for I suppose that is the difference between musicians come performers and engineers They don't quite speak the same language do they? even though they are in essence in the same game No offense is meant by the way It is just that some...

Ok Lets understand something There is no bass recorded on any vinyl record That is completely stripped off during cutting and it is put back by the power amp that is compliant with the RIAA curve The reason that there is phono pre amps is to do just that put bass back on the sound that is played bac...

Ormandy Here is a bit of food for thought Assuming that you have two records with the same music on them as you have described a possibility is as follows: They have been cut on different lathes at different pitch rates If you look carefully at the one that has the better sound you will see there is...

Hi all Just be aware of these guys in Indonesia as it seems there to be some kind of reported scam Here is the link: http://www.alibaba.com/offerdetail/100488061/Vinyl_Lathe_Record_Cutting_Vinyl_Recorder_Neumann.html And here is the link to the purported scam as it has been posted reported http://ww...

Hey tape At 60 HZ the machine would run at it's designed speed However at 50 HZ it would run at 20% SLOWER not faster I would suggest that you get a paper template to check the speed of the turntable first before you do anything else They are available from record shops or turntable sellers At 50 HZ...

Amp doc The Saphires are for Gratis that means no money. I do not know whether they will fit the Grampian I did say you will need to muck around with them and by the way any other cutter on this forum who wants one of those I will be happy to oblige as well up to about 10 styli that is all I have to...

Hi Craig, akka Amp Doc This sounds like "music to my ears" If people cannot tell the difference between the master and your cut you must have reached an extremely high level of proficiency That is something that it is even hard achieved by professionals We run a Neumann VMS 70 with an SX 74 head dri...

Hi there Ottawa guy Here is a link that may be of some help to you in so far as the specifications of cutting styli is concerned There is nothing else that I am aware off on the net or at least that i can find If you do find a diamond cutter that is prepared to undertake such a task let the rest of ...

Hi Jay DC I am interested to know what software you are writing I am intrigued On another point There was a dmm lathe at Europadisc up at NY state that was sold at auction when the mob went bust The buyers being the scientoligist's in the US Apparently they want to cut the voice of their leader Ron ...