The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi
Try to find a Numark TTX or other High torque Numark. Cost 200€ here in France.
4,5 kgf.cm. No stroboscope.
Clem

Hi jjwharis,
Yes I use Turtle Wax. Don't let it dry. Never try CRC...

Hi, Yes I have some updates I'm in holydays right now so I've some time to give you my results of the last weeks (months...!). I left my Numark TTX because of the platter. I just grab from a friend a Technics SL1200 mk2 with a broken tonearm. Less Torque but the platter is well-balanced and have les...

Thank you for your response.

I'll try this as soon as I can with my two cutting heads.
It seems so simple and understandable when you say it, that I do not know why I didn't think of it earlier !

Thanks Bye

Hi, Here a cut I made with the music of a friend on a CDrom. At 45 rpm. Heating with Lamp. Turtle Waxed. No EQ just inv-RIAA with Audacity. I cut with tungstene stylus I bought on eBay (link below). http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tungsten-needle-styli-stylus-presto-in-rek-o-kut-record-lathe-cutter-recorder...

Hi, I work a bit on my lathe during the summer and the last 2 months. I modified my lathe in something like Cuien's ZEZ Cutter Style with 3d print parts. I put a system to lift and drop the head manually. Have no damping (spring or dashpot) but just an elastic. it is very usefull to secure the head ...

Hi some news of my project :
new plastic parts print with my 3d printers

I try to emboss some sound... ! not good but i made progress !

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rah91cprogey25g/AADH1EvoX1BO4MidzqdQTOFKa?dl=0

bye
Clément

Hehe! Ca prend du temps n'est ce pas ;) Tu n'as pas de résultat extra pour le moment j'imagine? Passe nous voir quand tu peux! Oui beaucoup de temps ! Mes résultats ne sont pas brillants pour le moment. Mais je suis confiant ! Suffit d'être patient, je ne lâche pas l'affaire ! Je dois surtout être ...

Hehe, alors voilà le fameux projet camarade breton bienvenue ici, tu seras très certainement bien conseillé!

Salut MyShank ! Steven ?! ^^

Merci pour l'accueil et les encouragements.
J'espère avoir du temps prochainement pour continuer d'avancer sur la machine.

A bientôt !

Can you tell your transducer model?
How many W?

Hi crowesBR,

I bought large sparkfun transducers : https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10975
3W i think. There is a datasheet on the website.

Hi everybody, I publish my first thread to show you my work. I just begin a lathe and cutting head. I still have a lot of work to do. I hope to get some advice and critics from you. I just tested it, but result was very bad ! So I will post some rip extracts later ! I use a Dremel diamond engraver a...