The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Curious if anyone had a fix for what Evan was experiencing. My Atom (Vanrock) just started making this noise out of the blue. It doesn't happen while cutting fortunately, but worried over time if I don't address it, it might. It only happens when moving back to the start position, and then a small a...

Not 100% sure. I do know the guy I purchased it off got it from Vansix who shipped it with a diamond. It is in their paperwork too. But I am no expert. Not sure what was originally used on the machine.

Unfortunately I have no way of knowing for sure. I don't have a microscope. I purchased it off a guy who seemed to know what he was doing and said it had a diamond that he only cut a few times on. Might have to send it in for sharpening, or just dive in for a new one.

Wait, are you Joe (Displaced Snail Publications)? A friend turned me on to your site, been wanting to order a few things for some time. Thanks for the tip, I was just getting anxious but looks like my other blanks are showing up today so going to wait and save the PC ones for embossing down the road...

Hi all, my name is rob and just purchased an Atom A-101 a few weeks back and learning the ropes. I run a very small punk/experimental/noise music label called spareorgan that has mostly consisted of cassette tapes since 1991. I also run a letterpress studio with 3 antique printing presses that I use...

Thanks Displacedsnail! I think I got confused by the newbie guide, under the diamond cutting needle section it lists . (PC, PVC, PETG, LD/A) so I assumed PC was able to be cut with a diamond. The trouble I am having is the embossing grooves are to shallow for a 7” I’m trying to do for a friend who w...

Hi all, very new to this. I recently purchased an Atom A-101 machine. It came with a diamond stylus in good shape. I have searched over the board and can't find a good answer if you can cut polycarbonate with a diamond stylus. Possible? Bad idea?