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oh wow, that's a new one on me - very cool

you mean the 6D? or is there a 7 model somewhere?

hey Andy, very interested! I have the micropoint brochure as well which gets into some technical measurements and discussion of stylus geometry.

Yeah I got a cease and desist from a lawyer representing a US band. A client of mine ordered single copies for personal use of a few live recordings, which seemed unintended for official release by the band. I made the records, the client shared on instagram and boom I had a very serious cease and d...

I've been cutting laserdiscs with diamond for years now. the stock varies WIDELY of course like Mike said, they have to be super flat.
I cut a 45 RPM spider adapter with scissors and hold it in there with two 4" labels

really glad to hear this, really promising work and results out there in the world with these heads, congrats

awesome, glad it got sorted!
I use the same ebay player piano vac now with my own variac. it's really quiet and runs great, except when it's 78F+ in the studio and I have to do sides longer than 5min.
in that case I take the little rubber plug off the 2nd pipe and it stays cool enough not to overheat

Back in the 50's Webcor made 45 hole adapters made of steel. I have found these to be the most stubborn, durable, and indestructible 45 centers ever made. I have bags full of them - having bought and hoarded tens of thousands of 45's over the years, I've accumulated a lot of various centers. I do n...

hows your turntable?

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A mate of mine had a 3D printer and made a "shim" for me of plastic. Works well.

cool! does it sit below your standard hold down clamp?

awesome, glad to hear it got sorted. in general I'd really suggest a variac. I've run all of my vacuums over the years at 90 volts the highest (out of 120 usually) Excellent suggestion. I have a variac here which I use only for powering up old tube gear. Will use it on my suction soon as a voltage ...

I've been making a lot of jukebox cuts lately and wanted to see if anyone had an elegant solution for large hole blanks? the trusty yellow plastic spider inserts have popped out and ruined the cut more than a few times. I have a metal Presto branded 45 insert but it's too tall to be used with the cl...

awesome, glad to hear it got sorted. in general I'd really suggest a variac. I've run all of my vacuums over the years at 90 volts the highest (out of 120 usually)

oh man, yeah my two heads are pretty different. one of them needs a few dB on one side to even the volume

yeah I've had this issue before, do you use a variac?
that's what I use to keep the suction only as high as I need it without getting audible in the cut or potentially crushing the tubing

hey there, more helpful than the type of head your using is: A - the stylus you have already B - the lathe you have the lathe determines whether you can CUT (sapphire/ruby on lacquer, or diamond on plastic) or EMBOSS (sapphire/ruby on plastic) based on the angles your lathe can achieve none of the s...

sorry to derail, can anyone help me get a Caruso? many emails to Flo have gone unanswered

following because I have a 541 with broken shank holder

sending PM now!

sorry to pop into an older thread with only semi-relevant info, but I'm loving how Women In Vinyl (https://womeninvinyl.com/) is highlighting and uplifting their voices in the audio and specifically record community. I'm a big fan and continually in support and solidarity with under-represented grou...