The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi Lathetrolls! So the first recording attempt with the ADR 2021 was a totally failure due to the high level of surface noise. I decided to modify the system and install a heated stylus to eliminate or decrease the the noise. A regulated adjustable heating power supply was fabricated (using a simple...

Hi Guys! So long I did not wrote anything here. There was some sad- unpleasant intermezzos. I did divorced now,and this made me a little disturbed. So now the heating power supply of my ADR2021 became ready. It works with a transistor 2N3055 wich is intended for the regulation of the current for the...

Hi Lathetrolls! Happy New Year for everybody! I did paused my progress when faced with the high level surface noise problem. This noise did covered my recorded sound Tried to heat whole disc with infrared lamp- Failure Tried to use WD 40 as lubricant-Failure. Tried to change the embossing angle-Also...

Thank you very much for your advice! Now I try to use a "Thermo Stylus"...

Thank you very much for your advice! Now I try to use a "Thermo Stylus"...

Hi Constantin! So long time we did not communicate! My machine (ADR 2021) became ready. I did tried to emboss with homemade HSS steel stylus but I got a HUGEbackground noiise. I did tried many solutions but without success. Please describe me the stylus you are using in your machine. I saw your exce...

Hi Constantin! So long time we did not communicate! My machine (ADR 2021) became ready. I did tried to emboss with homemade HSS steel stylus but I got a HUGEbackground noiise. I did tried many solutions but without success. Please describe me the stylus you are using in your machine. I saw your exce...

Hi Mark!

Many thanks for your advices!

Please tell me where to search(within the lathetrolls.com) about the dimensions and grinding methods of the embossing styli?

Bye! and Merry Xmas!

Hi Guys! I am Gabriel from Budapest. I did built a recording lathe from scratch- you can see some photos about it in my "from screatch" topic. The machine became ready. It runs well. The cutterhead also functional. BUT: I use HSS stylus and polycarbonate blank disc. The stylus is grinded from a 2 mm...

Hi Guys! My ADR 2021 became ready ! It works,but I did faced with a great problem. This is the great surface noise wich is covers the recorded audio signal. I use the HSS stylus ( made from a 2 mm HSS drill bit) and polycarbonate blank. I did tried to cut and emboss too but without any success! Péea...

Hi guys! As I told that I did sucked with the stereo cutterhead I diecided to make a mono one. (Lets try once more with stereo a bit later) Now I provide new photos. (below the text) On the first you can see the preassembled mono cotterhead. It is similar (in shape) to the gamophone heads The second...

Hi Guys! The new that I did "sucked" with the stereo cutterhead. I made some design mistakes,so the ready made head did not fit to its place on the head advancing mechanism. So the mistakes are fighting back! Everytime! Now I did begun to create a mono cutterhead. It seems that the previously purcha...

Hi lathetrolls! The story of my "from scratch machine" is continuing. Now the last part is being fabricated. This is the cutterhead. The active elements are two surface transducer speakers of 30w each. The head structure is standard stereo one with 45-45 grade channels. Here are the first steps-the ...

Hi Guys!

Today I did attached to ADR 2021 its "nametable"
Have a nice day!

Hi Guys! The story of the "from screatch" is continuing. Now the mechanical parts of my machine became ready. The next (current) step was the fabrication of the pulleys and their belts.Now I did made the advance driving stepper motor's springy-elastic suspension mecahnism wich is also makes possible...

Hi Constantin! The circle cutter compass is a useful tool. I didn't knew about it so I did fabricated for myself a DIY one.... Only one pro has my device: it can be resharpened. So you made a good business obtaining a ready made label cutter. And this is the "my way". Now the ADR 2021 only few steps...

Good Evening Guys! Today I did finished a new accessory tool for the ADR 2021. This is a record label cutter. With this tool you can create precise made labels for the vinyls. It has a woodden handle, a C-clamp (red) wich clamps the cutter knife. The bigger brown part is made from bakelite as the kn...

I would buy from you.... Please tell me your Presto heads price.
How many Ohms they are?

Cheers!

Gabriel

Good Evening Guys! So the ADR2021's building is going on! I did finished the protective hard cover- vich is waiting for the paintwork. The software of the pitch mechanism is also wrote ( on Arduino Uno). The pitch value is regulated with a potentiometer. The ECU ( Arduino) also has a warning LED wit...

Hi for everybody here! Hi Guys! You can see the progress of the construction of the ADR 2021 machine. Now I did finished the housing. It is made from plywoood and equipped with a cooling fan,air filter,two side handles ,hinges and the future locks for the cover. Some pictures are here. Box before pa...