The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I'd also appreciate some info on Bearings - mine are looking pretty dirty on a Presto 14B (similar to 8D). The ball bearings are dirty and theres lots of space between them, which doesnt look right to me but I'm not sure what they're supposed to look like!

i understand less than half of what you said, but well done! shame i missed you at namm, i'll have to come out next year!

todd sorted my 5C head out! the guy really knows his stuff!

wow great work

i tihnk i saw some snippets you posted before? looks awesome. hope i can watch the whole thing somehow

damn first time i saw this. looks awesome!

14b used 2 bodine motors originally, one for 45 one for 33, these were attached to a gear mechanism, just like the 8D i think. you can see mine in operation in this video, with the new motor in place of the old bodine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMn5FPbfVdw&feature=youtu.be I'm thinking that in...

I think there must be a reason for the big gearing system on the 14B though... could it be as simple as running the whole thing off a pulley rather than a geared motor?

thanks for your thorough answer, Jesus! all in all it osunds like maybe i have the best of a bad bunch of options then :) I sold the Bodines on to another troll who would benefit more than me, so I tihnk i'll focus on isolating my motor more and also getitng new bearings or servicing the existing be...

Real Name: Si Are you a Hobbyist/Experimental/and/or Small Business: all of these Business Name: Cut & Paste Records Website: www.cutandpasterecords.bigcartel.com Type of Lathe(s)? Presto 14B Tell us about yourself? I'm a scratch dj from the UK who's fascinated by how records actually work. I design...

hmmm yeah I'm starting to wonder if the more manual nature of the 14B is an advantage in some ways over the neumans - as I can theoretically control more parts of it and do weirder cutting techniques. ive never used a neuman or anything but it sounds like they are very automated compared to prestos

daymn that looks awesome!

oops sorry I meant I haven't found em closer to home, except 3mm ones... but I might actually buy some more from PIAPTK anyway because they worked very well. in fact my very first cut with one came out suprisingly well, then i touched something and tooka ages to get a better cut haha. I really like ...

also - how are you guys applying lighter fluid? just pour some on and spread it around with a fine cloth???

I'll post a file soon to show what I'm getting out of mine, would be really helpful to compare what you guys are getting if you wouldnt mind posting audio examples of your cuts?

I've been embossing on Polycarbonate blanks using PIAPTK sapphire embossing stylus and Presto 5C head. The results I'm getting are starting to sound OK, before was lots of problems. I also tried MyShank PVC blanks but always got lots of noise - wooshhhh type noise. It's strange becasue both PIAPT an...

i managed to fing imperial measurement pulleys to reinstate the original mechanism for LPI. so far so good, i thik with different sized pulleys i could get differnt LPI's

some more pics from the other day when I fitted the pulley system. here is the drive shaft, it's sitting upside down, looking like it needs a clean. https://i.imgur.com/WE9g2XW.jpg here's the platter bearing, looking pretty filthy. https://i.imgur.com/sqW0Twr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p1qpf6Y.jpg and ...

mine's sounding a lot beter these days but needs more adjustment im sure I can get more out of it. using PIAPTK sapphire embossing stylii now on polycarbonate blanks and using Turtle Wax

So some more detail on the pulleys upgrade: I've been planning on getting the LPI mechanism working for ages, and always wanted to get a full automated motorized system involved, but I happened across a company that makes imperial measurement pulleys and realised I could cheaply get the original mec...