The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi, the pocket in the middle was too big and the suction was too strong, so the blank warped down, I had to put supports and reduce the suction, it took some fiddling, but now it works pretty good. The depth is just 1mm. I use old ELMO Rietschle side channel blower. platter.jpg blower.jpg Thanks so...

This is a great idea! Could you post a picture of your end result? I've used this company called https://sendcutsend.com/ that can laser cut 1/8" thick cork fairly affordably with a provided dxf file. What size side channel (regenerative) blower in terms of HP / Watts, flow rate, vacuum pressure is ...

Hi Lulu, Got inspired and in-process making one. Are there any changes you would make on the design since putting it to use? What's the approximate size and depth of the pockets/rings? It looks like you have one outer ring for both 10 & 12 inch discs. Are you finding that sufficient to hold the oute...