The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Very inspiring. amazing work!

Hi Guys I just saw an interesting video about the Optigan - a 70's sampler that used interchangable 12" optical discs with loops printed on them, similar to a Melotron in a way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scd1lCgS490 The comments section had some great contributions by people who were involved ...

https://www.pbr.co.jp/master-en

they have a nice video showing some of their process...

I wonder if there is some Nail Polish supplier that could tweak an existing product to produce the right lacquer?

awesome project I hope you manage to recreate these!

I have the whole presto gear assembly plus a modern machined bracket to fit a NEMA spec motor if thats any use, i think it will become redundant for me soon as I am going to switch to a different motor system entirely....

even before the pandemic there was a new pressing plant planning their opening in the north of the UK, and the places I go to regularly are so backed up with orders.... there must be more than just a fad going on. awesome news about the success of these guys!

beautiful work!

awesome stuff. I'd love to see how this turns out. I'm planning on driving my platter with a turntable but a dedicated motor is the dream

thats an interesting way of doing it Mark - thanks for the vid! I was thinking of it as Midi info that would get input into the DAW, parallel to the audio. where the gaps/head lifts/head drops were needed, I'd copy and paste templates of midi info, that would control the motors that move the head. T...

wow! respect!

wow I never posted an update on this project! whoops. It got done finally! After some experiments with the extremely helpful guys at Dr Dub, we proved that the platter motor was also a very important piece of this puzzle. I ended up having to get super specialist and get my lacquer done on a VMS80, ...

i love this idea, I think Deepgrooves also had a method for this. I originally wanted to have a playable logo on one of my records but becasue of time restraints we couldnt delay the project longer.... We ended up working with an etching artist who lined the image up for me, I got a 12" lacquer cut ...

amazing stuff, thank you!

not for blanks but I got a hefty customs fee for some Masters I had cut in mainland Europe.

at least we can rest-assured all these fees we have now are going to contribute to National Healthcare, just like the Prime Minister told us they would.

just here for the pics. beautiful! great effort as always Mike, hope it finds a nice new home

I've just come across this thread as I'm in the same postion with my lead screw- needing to clean decades of black grease and dirt out. I have got rid of most of it with Isopropyl and a toothbrush - the toothpick wasn't getting too far into the groove. Is there any reason Isopropyl might be damaging...

is it just me or are the image links not working? (full disclosure I'm just here for the pics )

thanks for the link, the pictures are great. interesting to see the dashpot setup, and the same gear system as on the Presto 14B (and others).
Looks like theres extra weight on the flywheel and bibber (more powerful?) motors.

exactly - that's why i don't bother with it yet :) interestingly, I use one cutting engineer, and my friend who does the same type of records uses another cutting engineer, but he sends me his files first to line them up on a 133.333333 bpm grid (his DAW doesn't do that many decimals, and it makes a...

awesome stuff!

I'm waiting on my Presto platter being modded for a new bearing system, the original was shot.
But it's also a big 12kg chunk of metal. Your cutouts to avoid resonance is really interesting.

great work