The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi all guys I want to replace is the Polygram pitch control, which started to work "so and so" well before removing the SP272 and doing the upgrade I recently did (new monitoring system, etc). I already have a spare pitch control to install, but before doing that, I'd like to give the Polygram pitch...

Got it. Salami is gone! Thanks

Hi all I need to change/check a couple things in the wirings of the VMS70 suspension box - I thought I had the really complete schematics of everything, because I've used them plenty of times, but with my big surprise I've just discovered that the pin arrangement of the Siemens connector hooked in t...

"Plug and pray" :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Hey Don't worry about the unloading arm - the "in" position is still given by a proximity sensor. Don't have to tell you where it is, you know that. So hydraulics won't start if the arm is not fully in. BUT The PLC values of its reed sensor are there for a very ex...

Trying to, man... no need to enlarge capacity here, just optimize IMHO. Cutting and galvanics are still the head job. But will keep 1 or 2 of the old Alphas as spare machines. We're still using them, particularly that press coming from B.K. and previously from Nottingham, you probably remember that ...

We got to make space, so I decided to let them go. One of the two presses is still producing once in a while, so it has moulds mounted (high performance 140g, from the early 90's); the other one has no moulds, but it has been fully operational until 4-5 months ago. Both of them come with their hydra...

This doesn't look like a plating issue but rather like a silvering issue. Most likely a "not so good" reaction. It looks like the silver film is weak, so it tends to crack where there ain't close grooves which stop it from cracking. But the problem is not confined to that area, IMHO: in the picture ...

Hi, I just give you some ideas coming from what I've experienced in the last 15 years. From the picture you have attached and the description you have provided, yours looks like a problem of "weak" heat exchange. In other words, the center bushes don't transfer the heating and the cooling like the m...

Hi all We are selling: 1x AD1202 record press, s/n 314, w/ extruder and safety barriers Double pressure system, hydraulic block with new Hawe valves 1x hydraulic unit, Bersanetti, with accumulator 1x set of original Alpha moulds, dated 1985 approx., never reprofiled - hence hardened and finished lik...

Record is not properly cooled down, just add some seconds to the cooling cycle. Also I'd check that the hoses are properly connected to the inlet and outlet of the mould, as the heat exchange should start from the center and move towards the edge, which instead looks properly cooled (well shaped) in...

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Nice one. I found out that the flipside is fairly better. There is less difference from the edge to the inside, and if you're lucky, there are no small bumps as well. The small difference in thickness among the various sectors of the lacquer's surface stays almost unchanged though - and it's quite a...

Hi all, I understand that despite Covid, demand for cutting has risen lately, but MDC could send less and better lacquers to Europe rather than more and almost useless... with the last batch of 14" masters, I managed to cut decently only discomixes and short LPs ... with the longer ones, I had to re...

Hi to all Due to a partial upgrade to new-generation machines, we are selling one Toolex Alpha AD1202 record press complete with controller, hydraulic engine and hydraulic block. The press is also equipped with safety guards connected to micro switches, already cabled into the 24V electric circuit, ...

Hi, I've got this issue several times. If SAL goes in overload, when you lower the head and open the circuit, and you have no modulation, this most likely happens because there is no signal continuity as the SAL expects to be. So what you have to do is 1st of all measure with a tester the Ohms in th...

To all manufacturers: please avoid this spanish broker, unless the jobs are paid upfront. This customer is handling a wide load of orders, and in front of this, he will ask to the manufacturer a credit line of 60 days for the payment, but you will see that every 60 days he will pay always a little l...

Fantastic. Just a couple things I've noticed - on these machines - as an experienced owner and user of 5 old Alphas: 1. patty loader goes half way in, then it stops, then it goes full way in. There must be a (good) reason for this. Maybe - just my guessing - the reason might be a more precise placin...

Re-silvering is not uncommon at all, as Mossy says. Who says that you cannot play back the lacquer? If you do it carefully, with a good stylus and not too much weight on it, then it will not be damaged at all. Sure, you maybe cannot do this 10 times, but it's not a given. There is a significant diff...

I have always been quite skeptic on my posts regarding the new presses, mostly because there has been a lot of advertising and what the "public" could see were just projects/drawings, without any kind of action. Now, I wouldn't like to sound too much patriotic, but it comes to my mind the 80's motto...

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Please write me a PM telling from which company you are buying the compound