The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi There, Check the Vinylike.de website, this is posted in the Pre-Amp info section :- for stereo heads you need two boards. one pcb contains only one channel, so far sucessfully tested with: neumann sx68,sx74, vinylium sc99, ortofon mono :DS522, DS54x, DS64x, but works with any head. [/u][/b] check...

Hi Michaela Though I've personally not started cutting yet, I've read enough discussion of the wise heads within the forum, to know that by half-speed or reduced speed cutting you can get much louder cuts. If anything it can make the cut too hot for the reproducer stylus from a trackability viewpoin...

Hi Stevie All good points you made there too. Lordy, though I've not, and never would try them, I suspect this Record Cutting Game is more addictive than the consumption of Illegal Hard Narcotics and other Nefarious Substances. I was elated to get the results I got yesterday after a few hours tinker...

Hi Mark, What a brilliant suggestion regarding outputting from the Cutterhead, I would never have thought of that in a million years. Yes I recently bought S/H a Oscilloscope (A C.R.T. as Ancient as Me!) though I've not used one for nearly 45 years, so it's something else I've got to get to grips an...

Hi Mark I had toyed with the Silicone idea but was a bit reticent about mentioning it (Just in case more knowledgable Trolls thought It was a dumb idea!!) But the more I think about it Why Not?? I'm sure it would not have been available to designers in the past when this head was made, but had it be...

Hi Fellow Trolls, A little more on my journey of discovery with "Ugly Duckling". As Mark so astutely pointed out, the flat spring at the bottom of the Iron Yoke does indeed serve as a centering device but as far as I can tell it is in no-way strong enough to win the battle with magnetism, when the m...

Hi Mark, Was rather hoping one of the Troll "Elders" might step in and give a little guidance. The Stylus Holder/ Armature arrangment is centred, it seems by the flat spring on the underside of the iron yoke, which passes through a slot in the Stylus Holder/ Armature (See the second photo of my firs...

Hi Patrick The Black Tar-like substance was I believe a very early form of "Crinkle Type" paint so beloved by Hot Rodders and Car Customisers. It was super thick but came off fairly readily with the application of "Nitro-Mors" a proprietary paint stripper, actually purchased while doing a grocery sh...

Hi Trolls Having owned "Ugly Duckling" for a whole day now, I thought I'd share some more insights into my most recent Cutter related purchase. First off the stylus was carefully removed and checked. Now I don't profess, in any way, to be an accomplished Microscopist, but viewing at 40X Mag, and the...

Hi Trolls "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness" (Endymion - John Keats) I kinda like that well known opening to Keats' poem and thought it an apt introduction to this post. I recently saw on Ebay a very reasonably priced (to my way of th...

Hi Aussie, Yup, I sure ought to have asked here first, the last phrase on the above post sorta says it all!! Anyhow as a further update, for those who would like to know, the books section of ACOUSTICSOUNDS.COM also carry copies of Larry Bodens Opus Magnum (That'd be Latin for Great Work I think Te ...

Hi Fellow Trolls This number ( 281520152307 ) is the latest Ebay link for Larry Boden's Book. The other links posted elsewhere don't seem to get you to the book seller (Larry himself). Lord knows its taken me months to track it down, now I've eventually got a copy winging its way to the U.K. In retr...

Hi Bryan,
Good Point to make about concepts and explanations taking time to digest and sink in, (I'm well into my 7th Decade and in my dotage I think some of my intellect has gone A.W.O.L I'm afraid so," YUP ME TOO MARKROB" Te He Soulbear

Hi Steve,
Just a quick Hi and Bye for today, but to reiterate what previous contibutors have already said :- Many Congratulations on The 10th Anniversary of this Superb Forum and All the Best for the next 10 Years. Soulbear

Saddened to read of your personal trials and tribulations and will miss your contributions here. Hope things turn out well for you, and that you can quickly return to the Lathe Trolls forum where your input is valued. Best Regards SoulBear

HI Bryan, I think you strike the perfect balance in this most informative video, niether too scholastic and erudite nor dumbed down to the nth degree. A difficult balance to strike and you have managed it well. Looking forward to the next chapter of Video Tutorial (Perhaps on CutterHead FeedBack, EQ...

Hey Bryan, I've been toying with the the idea of using these gizmo's for a day or two, being a bit of an antique and somewhat of a technophobe I'd more or less decided against them, and was gonna bite the bullet and raid the piggy bank for a brace of the great looking Coleman MBP2 VU meters. Now rea...

Thanks Flo, Thanks Flo, Super info on voltage regulator too, t'ain't laziness by the way, I've not been this enthusiastic about a project in many a year, 'tis painful having to accept some of my health limitations and finding ways around them, to move my Lath/Cutter Project forwards, Best Regards, S...

Oh Dear, Oh Dear,
Still Haven't got it quite right, the link is www.xppower.com/pdfs/SF_CU10-15.pdf Thanks Again,
SoulBear

Oh Dear, Forgot to post this. The link to view the full spec is www.xppower.com/pdfsSF_CU10-15.pdf (I can be such a Plank at times) Thanks Again,
SoulBear