The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

That's super cool! Did you flip the motor upside down instead of poking out of a whole in the plinth? Yeah, it's a new build stepper motor Markrob put together for me, mounted to the plinth so we could tinker with it a lot to dial it in. Very low noise, a little hum behind the tracks, but you'd nev...

That's super cool! Did you flip the motor upside down instead of poking out of a whole in the plinth?

mossboss wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2024 5:15 pm

Presto Gone to a Melbourne based young fella He has yet to collect it but he seems committed and a nice young man keen to get into it So expect lots of questions!
Best

Mossboss, if they need a hand I'm in Northcote and have experience with the 6n

piaptk wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:48 am

All it takes is one mistake and the stylus is done.

I know what your little "check the carriage" signs are for, knocked 2 tops off mine in the same day. Such an easy little mistake to make.

That's a cool find Stephen M, great to see it still exists. I wonder if the NFSA have any recordings from that machine.

A year and a bit later? Must be like mine, Ha, I suppose there no takers out there, asking to much? Ill be happy to hear what ppl out there with interest on Presto lathes believe what they should be paying for a good lathe Just curious It be nice to get some feedback Best The one that you're sellin...

Hey Woot92! I had a similar issue once where the feed screw would slip off the pin which the pin would then slide around the feed screw and pop back into place. During this time the knife would lift slightly. Could it be that your disc is slipping slightly between the flange and the platter and for ...

Very cool displacedsnail! Are you copying the audio from a professionally made vhs or a home dub? The last two pieces I had worked on was a double-sided square 7", two 2 minute garagey rock songs for a local two-piece. The second is a compilation of songs recorded especially for the 40th birthday of...

hey George! not sure if the Rek O Cut is the same but I overcame this problem on my 6N platter by taping down the second "drive pin", and building up the overall height of the turntable with two slip mats to even out the height difference. hope that helps! I did the same thing with my 6N, does the ...

Hi recvival,
If you're in the USA piaptk would be your guy, he might be able to hook you up with a 6N and I think he stocks Jed's motor from Poland which works really well with the 6N. I have one of Jed's motors and it has improved the sound.

Congratulations Chris,
I've always had great service from Zenith, though I've only done a couple of records. I've always enjoyed watching what comes out of the factory.

piaptk wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:01 pm

farmersplow wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:04 am

What kind of limiter do you use to catch your peaks?

I use the limiter in audacity after i’ve applied the inverse riaa curve.

What sort of limiter settings are you applying to the tracks?

Hey Trolls my garage punk band Blowers are heading over for a sweet time. Not sure if any of you are based around these parts but if anyone’s about it’d be fun to talk to another human about lathing.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6HzYZxoezHfdLGfHWHBt8N?si=mbBuD-1mRnCbsYGHXqSm8Q

I had a similar issue the other week where my grooves were slowly fading away into the centre. With my 6n if I manage to get something to play all the way through I don’t try to touch too much I feel like soon as a change too much it will take me days to get back to that point. It’s hard to explain ...

Sheets of polycarbonate are relatively cheap, I just score both sides and snap them into squares.
Though I bought some thinker carb and had it cut into squares but I’m really struggling to emboss with out it getting stuck in a loop.

Sorry to bump this old thread up. Is there a particular name for the screw with the hole at the bottom that the tension spring attaches to? I’ve been googling several terms and asked at a hardware store but the guy couldn’t help me. Also what thread size is it? I’ve tried a bunch but it’s either nar...

Has anyone recently done a belt drive conversion? Surly 10 years later it had happened, anyone have any advice?

I’m in Australia running 50hz and also have a lot of motor noise, I thought this might be a better option.

Surprised no one has jumped on this. I don’t use Audacity all that much my lathe runs slower so I use Reaper to change the speed rate of the audio so once cut it plays back at the required speed. I’d suggest giving it a try.

I’m not all that clued up how people are weighing this? Is there a way to do it?

I bought this 6n last year but have been really intimidated by it but I've finally got around to trying to get it up and running. Today was my first day I've managed to put audio to disk but I'm having issues with the finger holding the feedscrew it keeps slipping out then causing the cutterhead car...