The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi James. The quote is from here: https://zstereo.co.uk/2016/04/18/technics-sl-1200g/

I'm waiting to hear back from Technics in regard to the torque spec of their new 1200G turntable. According to this article : Tetsuya Itani, Technics’ Chief Technical Officer, says it’s even quieter and smoother than the old one, with twice as much torque (up from 1.5kg/cm on the SL-1210MK5 to 3.3k...

I think you're confusing "you're" with "I'm".

Love it! The logo marries the digital and analogue perfectly.

Ah, I see, thanks. I'm kicking myself for missing this. Oh well!

I can't find the one you say finished yesterday... Any chance of a link? £370 is a bargain. I hope it went to a good home.

Well done James - exciting times!

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Yep, at a silly high price from a different seller... I give up! :rollseyes:

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I run a Garrard 301 and Leak Stereo 20 for playback and this would've been a nice fit from that point of view. I never notice rumble from my 301 but perhaps it's more noticeable in cutting... You know, it had never occurred to me that the humble reel to reel would've been the nail in the lathe's cof...

Yes, I read just about all your posts on the subject because I was interested. I did bid, but a fair bit less, partly because of the absence of the amp, and partly because it seemed a bit of a gamble what with me being new to this game... Someone will be very happy. I'd like to think they may turn u...

This went for a cool £1380 in the end: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/182041710513?_mwBanner=1

It is lovely...

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Gorgeous, but is almost certainly too good to be true... I suspect all of these were the same listing...

http://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6165&view=unread

http://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3721

http://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?t=2535&p=14175

Excuse my naivety, but what is it that limits what materials can be cut on any given lathe? I'm thinking the Rek-o-Kut was not designed to cut PVC, so are there issues with the cutter head, or is it all down to the shank used? i.e. does fitting a diamond shank/stylus and vacuum to "any ol' cutter" t...

Having now read your thread, I can confidently say that is very impressive and far, far beyond my own skill set... Consider me interested when you finally get this to market though. Great work.

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Hi James. I had glanced over the first couple of pages of your thread and it was one of the ones that made me realise that DIY was possible, although I hadn't read it in full. I'll have to now - I hadn't cottoned on to the fact that you weren't 'just' building a one-off!

I've been lurking around here for a couple of months now so thought I'd introduce myself - this site is an incredible resource! I'm here because I would like to get to the stage where I am able to cut decent sounding one-off records, in the vein of VinylRecorder or Vinylium. I've emailed Souri but f...