The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hey fellow vinyl cutters, recently completed a 12" pressed-style blank (bit warped) cut with no problems, Immediately after that switched to cutting a standard 7" (flat blank) but experienced significant distortion. Upon inspection discovered a small but noticeable dent on the cutting stylus. I'm tr...

Update: cleaned it all with some deoxit type spray and then with isopropyl on a cotton swab and its working as it should, the button was a bit stuck before and when moving it to the 45 rpm side the speed was not "activated", found the switch pot and the same rubber belts just not thicker ones, will ...

Hi Guys, My precision motor "switch box" has an interference when going from 33 to 45 rpm, most of the times doesn't work on 45 and sometimes it works, will try to clean it with some type deoxit spray I have to clean contacts, think its the button that switches from 33 to 45 (but not sure), will als...

Avantone looks really great but it’s too expensive for me. Opted for a repair, the one I was using is 300W @4ohms and can record up to +12dB (not that I cut that loud, max I’m cutting is +6dB for some electronic music) Found a good deal on a Class D HiFi Ecler amp, looked really good but it’s Eurobl...

Hi cutters, any recommendations for amplifiers for the VR? Mine just stopped working so need urgently to find a replacement, here’s what I’ve found but open for any recommendations you can have - QSC GX3 (2 x 425W /4ohm) Class A/B - Crown XLi 800 (2 x 300W /4ohm) Class A/B Also found a good deal on ...

Those cutting/cnc machines look great but in my case, just for cutting labels don’t think its worth it, maybe in the future, or if you could cut covers that would be great!

thanks for the tips guys! i do have access to die cut blank sheets but i want to start doing them on my own, also think it would be easier to print on a blank sticker sheet and then use the cutter to make my custom labels.

Hey everyone, looking for recommendations for a label cutter or a method to create one. I’m hoping to find a tool that can cut both the center hole and outer circle of a record label simultaneously for use with printed sticker sheets. Any advice or experience with this would be greatly appreciated. ...

Hey guys. today, once more dedicated several hours to sending test signals to the main unit, changing cables, and its weird sometimes the main unit has equal L and R signals then all of sudden get L and R differences on the sub/bass region below +-200hz, will try updating this post with a print scre...

Hey @PMST i didnt see your post, thank you for the tips. Sorry it was my mistake, you're totally right! Soon i will try to go directly from the daw to amp bypassing all units, one question, how do you measure the cutting volume inside the daw and how do you monitor the computer/phono signals at the ...

Hey Ben, thanks for your prompt reply. I get you, sometimes i start to overthink things but in any way I'm looking for it to sound like a VMS, just looking for the best sounding cuts this machine can achieve, I've already cut plenty of those using just the "stock equipment" plus minor adjustments as...

Hi Ben, reviving this old thread as I'm having the same issue here (louder volume on the right side), but when I use the balance/pan knob of the main unit all the way to the left to compensate I still cant get it balanced. Ive sent an audio signal loop in/out using pink noise to check this and while...

A fun one would be to cut with the picture signal signal as L-R (So depth) and a mono audio track (lateral), that way you could maybe get a picture disk that was also actually playable on a mono system? Just a silly thought. Regards, Dan. Great idea, reminded me of trying to cut 2 spirals on the sa...

Amazing work! Will grab it for testing. The previous one you are describing is called Vinyl Record Graphics by http://kimulabo.jp

Thank you all for the suggestions, really appreciated! Discomo I dont love it so much but understand you! Its making me overthink the "how to refurbish" as its not my area, even some of the knobs are stuck cause of rust! markrob Thought about that but would have to make all the cuts and apply it eve...

Hello cutters! Im a lurker on this forum for over a decade and had an account since 2006 but lost credentials, im happy to return to cutting records on my t560 that was in storage for the last 6yrs, previous to that iive cut hundreds of records for about 6 to 7 yrs. Im slowly putting the machine bac...