The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Dear fellow Trolls, A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to take a look at, and some pictures of an old English lathe here in Finland. Surprisingly, both the playback and cutter diamonds are still intact, and after a bit of fiddling and guessing I figured out how to use the manual controls fo...

I see an Ortofon connector dangling off the cable...... poor thing is in horrible shape, but what an amazing piece she still is! Hope she found a good home?

I hope you referenced the book link

I certainly did!

Absolute Polarity discussion:
https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2573

The thread about Tony's book can be found here:

https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6701

Having personally handled and used Neumann R12, the screw terminals on the back look very similar to R12, and are located similarly. The stylus locking screw is also similar to R12. I think this is also a mono standard groove cutter that utilizes steel needles, like the R12. It looks a lot bulkier t...

I neglected to provide a link to Tony's book.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IFBODS0

subkontrabob wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:56 pm

Here is a figure presented in Nygaards' "Ortofon book", contained in Tony Batchelor's ebook.

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Hello Tony, I have to admit that reading in the kindle app on my smartphone is rather convenient. The variable scaling and zoom options work well. I have read most of the book, except for the quadrophonic chapter. There are some very useful bits of information in your original chapters. I referenced...

talbanjean wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:49 pm

hello tony,
how can i purchase the book or file?

How about clicking the link in Tony's first post?

Here is a figure presented in Nygaards' "Ortofon book", contained in Tony Batchelor's ebook.

The Vinylmania documentary is available on Youtube

German:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oGf8Da8TX0

French:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPmfFoZOZQU

Enjoy!

FYI, the book is still available, now as a direct download from "grooveguy". High res PDF for 15$ via PayPal.

I purchased it recently.

hit him up by Pm, or email to:
inojim(at)gmail(dot)com.

Hello Tony, thank you for kind your reply, and please do excuse my emotional outburst..... I have skipped through the book, and will read it thoroughly when I have the time. Thank you again for publishing it! The way I have understood the whole idea of "on demand" printing, it means that there is no...

For anyone interested in the old caruso page, it can still be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20170806012247/http://vinylike.de/index.php/carusopreamp/ Documentation of the v1 board of the Preamp can still be found on Florian's own page: http://www.floka.com/caruso/schematics_caruso_pre10.pd...

Just wow!! It covers all the basics, and then some. There is even a short section on diamond cutter grinding and lapping

You're wellcome! ... about ligth pattern test on stereo records... Thank You! This one is VERY useful! Nice to see further treatment of the topic, except for the original Buchmann- Meyer article (from which this one seems to be borrowing illustrations). Bastiaans also appears as an author in the AE...

FYI, the book is still available, now as a direct download from "grooveguy". High res PDF for 15$ via PayPal.

I purchased it recently.

hit him up by Pm, or email to:
inojim(at)gmail(dot)com.

Apparently Amazon does offer paperback printing in their direct publishing program. Presumably it has to be somehow initiated/unlocked/activated by the author?

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834340

I bought the book, it is wonderful, but like others, I HATE reading on a screen. Have spent the last hour or so looking for a way to print. Deplorable............ Amazon is "big brother". Horrible, bullying business model. I don't understand why they don't offer at least a PAID printing function? :e...

From one of the ebay ads:

I got this from the estate of Steve Temmer, the owner of Gotham Audio, along with many other Neumann & EMT items.

That would probably be the same Stephen F. Temmer who's listed as editor of the AES disk recording anthologies....

Wow nice picture! It shows two AM31s with the old type of platter for wax blanks. The cutterhead mount looks unfamiliar, I haven't seen this variant before. The engineer is adjusting the vertical position of the cutterhead assembly with the crank handle he has his hand on. He might be adjusting groo...