The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I was searching patents and stumbled across what appears to be a disc recorder switched on or off by the position of a flag on a pole!!
So i think this comes under recording devices!
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4679523.html

You should be able to find a local company that can rewind motors but one off the top of my head is Heasells electrical engineers in Royston.
Have a look in the yellow pages and find local is best tho'

@ The Shank
I was looking at the links to services that appear in a "sticky" note at the head of the forum. You should put yourself in there so people can find you. It's not very well used lately, that particular page but anyone with services to offer, remind us in the services/links pages!

Hi all, I am getting some polycarbonate discs laser cut from quality material (probably 2mm black makrolon). In the UK. Anyone interested PM me, please indicate what sizes and quantities you require.
Depending on interest, maybe try different materials, but initially some polycarbonates to get going.

Heated stylus and a lamp could heat the plastic enough to make it softer to cut, but not enough change its physical property. Not tempering it, but you could still use heat to soften the material, and this would probably change the consistency of the chip. Just like how it does with acetate. You mi...

Hey can anyone suggest any freeware that i can use to resize my pics?
These wide pics annoy me, but my kodak software wont resize!

I think we're talking about two different properties here. Shock resistance and abrasion resistance are different things. Hardness is abrasion resistance. I can't remenber all the terminology so forgive me (college was many years ago) I think "Tempering" is shock resistance (correct my term if you k...

Well i just stumbled upon this website somehow, there was nothing to make me think it was illegal, maybe they got permission? For me what i download is mostly stuff that i would not buy. But books (or music) the stuff i really want i would buy an original regardless of whether i had a copied version...

I found a website with loads of books to download free, there are lots of studio/ audio books and technical books, if you find any good books for trolls please post the link. Here are a few to get ya going! Website http://www.ebook3000.com/ Audio engineers reference book: http://www.ebook3000.com/Au...

As i'm sure everyone knows looking at patents can be very interesting and usefull, there seems to be no end of patents relating to disc recording. I was thinking it would be a good idea if a database was assembled with all relevant patents in it. It could then be searchable too. This could be an inv...

Hi all, i've been reading through all the posts regarding the use of various plastics as recording media. I'm looking to get some discs cut but i am still unsure as to what material to use. Has anyone used several different types of plastic and made comparisons? The info here is a little disjointed,...

A convenient place for me to jump in and ask if anyone in the UK is cutting blank discs from any material? I need some blanks, I don't want to buy them from outside the UK as there is a place within walking distance of where i live that can make them, although i am very keen to support any trolls th...

For sale on ebay now, based in Canada Rek O Kut Master Pro Model M12S lathe with Audax mono head $99 start http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REK-O-KUT-LATHE-RECORDING-TONEARM-AUDAX-DISC-RECORDER-/280633941045?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4157161c35 And 3 Recordisc lacquer blanks from the same seller $30 s...

Interesting, thankyou :D I've been wondering about these things! So the dashpot and spring arrangement allows for any warp to the disc? How is the mechanism driven? motor/gears? would there be any pics available? I'm putting thought into these problems for my own lathe project, and i just thought, i...

Presto 6N overhead carriage only http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Presto-6n-Record-Lathe-Cutter-Overhead-Assembly-/320659120498?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aa8c5e172 Audax 16" Tonearm http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audax-16-transcription-tonearm-Presto-6N-record-lathe-/320659117232?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&has...

This one is on ebay right now http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audax-16-transcription-tonearm-Presto-6N-record-lathe-/320659117232?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aa8c5d4b0 And another farchild 500 tonearm http://cgi.ebay.com/FAIRCHILD-500-TURNTABLE-TONEARM-w-ANTISKATING-VINTAGE-/370483705242?pt=Vintage_El...

Looks like one i saw in a japanese cutting studio there's a film - youtube link on this forum somewhere.

opcode66: Was refering to the suspension box and the depth control provided by it. What exactly is "the suspension box?" my MSS lathe certainly doesn't have one, but i've been looking at cutter suspension methods like the Neumann AM31 basically a spring suspended linkage with a damper (dashpot). Th...

I've been looking at small vertical slides from a mini lathe for use as cutter depth control you can buy for about £40 and it gives control down to 0.001" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12212003/Lathe%20Trolls/lathe%20slide.jpg It's basically how the neumans and scullys are made, if you've got a heavy enou...

Web site for worldwide cutting supplies, not completely live yet.

http://www.recordcuttingsupplies.com/