The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Well Well Well What you have my dear sir is nickel sulfamate which is trapped in the metal work when it is made, if the spots are greenish in colour! You can see the colour if it is really bad or under some magnification If there is no colour than you most likely have hydrogen encapsulation with wa...

Obviously Nickel is generally very corrosion resistant but perhaps with you guys being close-ish to the coast maybe some of that salty air is blowing up the hill and causing some issues..? We have never had any issues with our stampers here in Melbourne and we both get them from the same manufactur...

Hi all, I run the operations at a pressing plant, and for some time now we have been plagued with some issues on older stampers that have been kept in storage. Upon pulling out a set of stampers for a re-press, we will sometimes find that the stamper has developed very small specks that cover the la...

Acetone wipe the mold and back of stamper, then wipe the mold once with a tack cloth. Then wipe back of stamper with tack cloth and finally hit the mold with tack cloth once again before immediately putting on the stamper. I find it useful to use a light to illuminate the molds so you can see any fi...

I know their ticket system has been down as of late. Perhaps make direct contact via phone or email.

I wouldn’t imagine so. Perhaps for very very small runs… But obviously the cooling plates act as a heat sink so you want something with decent thermal conductivity.

Hi All, Firstly, as this is my first post, allow me to introduce myself.. My name is Tom and I operate a record press in Auckland, New Zealand. I have been running the press for about 18 months now and so I’m relatively proficient at pressing records at this point in time and have encountered and so...