The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Oh wow, somebody just told me that "the shank" is actually "my shank" ?
He would rather troll this post than just reply to an email and sell a product, what the hell is going on here ?
This is actually shocking!

Thanks piaptik I have no idea how not starting an email with "Hello" and using capitals to denote urgency actually counts as an unproffitable customer, the whole situation is completely insane, I just want a stylus and some blanks, I have no interest in taking up their time, in fact, if they had an ...

So does anybody at this place have actual information, this whole situation seems very elite boys own little club ?
My Shank is in business but only for certain customers, not for others ?

Well they arent even replying at all, so gotta assume they are out of business ?

I can live with the website being closed unless you have an account, but then blocking an account because you havent ordered, and now ignoring my emails because I didnt start my message to them with hello, and i wrote I NEED TO BUY A STYLUS!! In capital letters at the end of my message to show urgen...

I have no idea what you mean, are you saying that you dont have tor egister tosee prices and they have specifically blocked my IP just because i didnt order anything ?
I tried on a friends computer and it blocked their attempt at account creation too.

What does assign this to not just look mean ?

Yeah its not that, they replied that they suspended my accpunt because i never ordered anything, but i had to create an account to see the prices, then save up for the part, they ignore the fact that new accounts are suspended too, im confusedat this point if they are still in business or not, hopef...

My account is not available, created a new account, your account is not available.
Without an account you cant even view their products (yes really)
Was hoping to buy a stylus, if they aregone, anybody know where to get conparable products for the Vestax ?

You can buy cheap metal stylus off ebay, they aren't great i am told, but it doesn't have to be diamond. You don't actually need a mixer, if you are thinking about the Preamp for the turntable, you can use any RIAA preamp. You are going to want (Not need) a vacuum (This is the incorrect terminology ...

And there is the exact reason why asking for help on this forum is fairly pointless "Dont search for vacuum because it is the wrong term, learn the process and the correct terminology" Seriously, the amount of rubbish you posted you could have typed with less letters "Search for xxxxxx, it isn't cal...

I wouldn't expect too much help from this forum to be honest, if you post basic questions only a few people will answer (SueDenim for one) but even basic questions wont get answered, this forum seems to be mainly for certain questions and showing off your current cutter experiments, unfortunate but ...

Yeah i did say in the original post that i planned on getting that, but i want something cheaper to test and repair the machine.

I will give that a try, I really need to track down some cheap needles, no idea what sort of shank it is

Oh the center weight is missing too, any particular weight recommended, there are a ton of them on ebay haha

While saving up for the Souri, I managed to get a Vestax VRX fairly cheap, yes i know you all hate them, this has nothing at all to do with that, please don't go there. I am planing to get the My Shanks needles and blanks, however, while i learn and make any repairs i need to the maschine, i want so...

fredbissnette wrote:a sense of humor is a must

It is when dealing with the MyShank website
I shall just pop over there now and take a guess at how much anything costs FFS

Will keep an eye open for your basic model

Perhaps you cpould just post the links then, becuse i used a copy and paste of the exact names you gave, and found nothing on ebay.co.uk, so yes, please, post the links

Weird, i searched all the things you found and there is nthing, it must be going as soon as it is posted haha

What exactly are the terms you guys are using on Ebay to find stuff, i never find anything whatsoever ????