The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

well what would be a reasonable price? could this be set up to run VP and Stereo?

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Buy a can of automotive belt dressing. Give it a good soak, avoid getting the dressing on any of the inside gears. If the belt is still rough, file it down with a piece of emory. What is "emory" nothing found in google, Is it something to sand rubber? Thanks! yes essentially for sanding metal, I th...

thanks for your reply, I always start around 7k but this one had that annoying mosquito "eeeeeeyeeeeyeeyee" tone on top of the annoying "sssSSSSSSSSS" and even setting the threshold to duck over 10 dB the de-esser was still not being triggered by anything other that the vocal (in MS, not even the sn...

lacquer guys, finding a bunch of sibilance at 10k on tracks which are going to be 7 inch sounds tweaky if I leave it, so de-essing for digital is a good idea am I correct in assuming this would be really hard to cut, should I go even heavier for the lacquer master? the de-esser is already pulling ab...

not mine,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polygram-master-Equalizer-module-vintage-EQ-from-a-polygram-mastering-console-/171214450723?hash=item27dd2d3023

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you're suggesting the real price was negotiated off-ebay to keep the fees to a reasonable amount?

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I'll try and find a spot to snip from, its a pretty well known band with a distinctive sound, and...well, you understand, thanks for the thoughts, as I said, it sounds good except for these small annoying details, will see what I can do, on a session, will try and be more specific later tonight when...

we received test pressing of album we mastered, 4 sides total program time is 50:05 playing back we are noticing the level is about 2 to 4 dB below other 2 record sets I'm AB'ing against music is pretty dynamic folk rock, light bass and drums, sparse acoustic and elctric guitar, female vocal, the sh...

have you checked to see if the disc is cut inside out

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I'm listening to you, thanks, thats gonna probably be my new tonearm

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having not checked closely, I'd guess the SP smokes the SL in all specs important to disc cutting, flame on!

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hi pressure (over 15 psi) steam boiler installations have to be inspected and certified to legally operate, often annually, depending on the territory and application, every boiler inspector I've ever met is a serious professional from a marine/naval/industrial background with decades of experience,...

this is very strange, I am a certified boiler operator (really), its hard to make a boiler explode, in fact this is the first one I have ever heard of (although I've been out of the business for over 20 years and was only in it for 10),

any details on how this explosion occurred?

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not mine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RCA-D-70-motor-Turntable-/251225690497?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3a7e37d181

not mine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Robbins-Myers-Motor-A-FROM-RCA-TURNTABLE-RPM1700-/121060493213?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c2fc4879d

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Hey aussieozborn, I pm'd you

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Pm'd you

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dang this thing looks rough, guessing this would require a complete strip down to chassis part for part restore. many of the nuts and bolts might be frozen and strip/break upon removal. its obviously been in a garage or poor storage for perhaps decades. same for the motor, I believe there are people...

thats what they said about the transistor.

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wow, 10 available!

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