oooooh ok! very cool lathe!
but yeah, it seems like a counterweight issue
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Weird grooves
- Replies: 13
- Views: 901
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Weird grooves
- Replies: 13
- Views: 901
Re: Weird grooves
ok yeah for sure - so are you cutting on the T560 with a TKV head? It took me adding extra weight to the head and adjusting the counterweight a lot to get it right. otherwise a regular 15g weight on the cutting needle will require too much dashpot, and lift the head/drop the head throughout the side...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Weird grooves
- Replies: 13
- Views: 901
Re: Weird grooves
this happened to me when the wires for the cutting head were getting caught on the lathe overhead, not allowing the head to advance freely
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Weird bass sounds/skipping on T560
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1631
Re: Weird bass sounds/skipping on T560
Like Dub Studio I'm going to assume a lot of details about your setup to give you lots of options: If it's the stock 1200 turntable, I'd guess it's a torque issue. If the blank is warped at all, it's that. Check for the head moving up and down when cutting, even slightly. Like DS said, excessive hea...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: T560 Overhead motor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 754
Re: T560 Overhead motor
here's a great thread to get you started: https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8894
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: VR: are the meter adjustments passive?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1439
Re: VR: are the meter adjustments passive?
yeah hrm! I haven't connected anything to the output of the meter except RCA cables that go to the cutting amp. you could just have a bad adapter? or something screwy with the monitor switcher? to figure out if the meter is working correctly, take it out of the signal chain. send a 1 khz tone direct...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: VR: are the meter adjustments passive?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1439
Re: VR: are the meter adjustments passive?
After a very long break - during which I may have forgotten almost everything about the VR - I would now like to start cutting again. While looking for an answer to my question about the VU meter from IMG Stageline, I came across this discussion. When I connect the headphones to the output of the V...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Did I blow my TKV Cutting head?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 869
Re: TKV Cutting head not working
huh! that's a real head scratcher.
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- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: 78 rpm label
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1085
Re: 78 rpm label
that's a tough one, especially on a budget! there are some experimenters out there who have done shellac records from moulds, usually re-inventing an old process with available materials. I can cut lathe cuts on plastic that are playable with fibre/bamboo needles, $75 each. www.audiogeography.com Ki...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: How I suppressed T560 mixer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2225
Re: How I suppressed T560 mixer
yeah toss the mixer and the vinyl optimizer, do it in the box.
I go audio interface -> meter -> amp -> head
I go audio interface -> meter -> amp -> head
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: VR extra Play in cutterhead/vacuum....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 84435
Re: VR extra Play in cutterhead/vacuum....
yeah they all do that. though the nylon threaded nut (halfnut? wholenut?) connecting the carriage to the feedscrew is permanently attached. vertical play is fine, but if you have left to right play or delays while using the handcrank, you'll need to tighten the tiny allen head screws that fix the n...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: VR extra Play in cutterhead/vacuum....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 84435
Re: VR extra Play in cutterhead/vacuum....
yeah they all do that. though the nylon threaded nut (halfnut? wholenut?) connecting the carriage to the feedscrew is permanently attached. vertical play is fine, but if you have left to right play or delays while using the handcrank, you'll need to tighten the tiny allen head screws that fix the ny...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 266
- Views: 6454167
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
sounds awesome, congrats on the success!
curious what level you're cutting at?
I wonder if some of the frequency irregularities between each piece come from the overall volume level?
I can hear the drivers compressing and distorting a little differently on each sample
curious what level you're cutting at?
I wonder if some of the frequency irregularities between each piece come from the overall volume level?
I can hear the drivers compressing and distorting a little differently on each sample
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Vinyl Mastering, Lacquer cutting, Pro's and others
- Topic: Agnew analog system
- Replies: 4
- Views: 43243
Re: Agnew analog system
both are without a doubt VERY high quality systems. Just judging by aesthetics I would relate the Agnew system more closely with the Scully lathes - classic, heavy, hand built and modular. The Sillitoe I would relate closer to the Neumann lathes - state of the art, new tech, plug and play. they are ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: Made my first diy cutter head
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16533
Re: Made my first diy cutter head
what's your setup like for inverse RIAA EQ?
that could very well be the culprit for missing high frequencies
that could very well be the culprit for missing high frequencies
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Blown Out / Overloading sound?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14775
Re: Blown Out / Overloading sound?
wow, never heard anything like that! when one of my T560 heads was towards the ends of it's life, it developed a very wobbly/out of phase low end, and then eventually distorted low end that creeped up through the audio spectrum. This is certainly different. It acts more like a "blanket" over the who...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: Experimenters' & Innovators' forum
- Topic: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
- Replies: 266
- Views: 6454167
Re: The farmer and his plow - When I set out to build a record cutter
whoa, great work, looks awesome!
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Vacuum info!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8162
Re: Vacuum info!
can't help directly - but I run two VRs from this player piano vac, it says "pulls 70" water vacuum" (not sure how that compares) and its 120V AC, 7.7amps. https://www.ebay.com/itm/292864311937?hash=item443012c281:g:tf0AAOSwljVgrCyJ&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0PdwuxjQyVGNP%2Fg1HrADlEBdhymM2iXmdrOPMMHx6PIb...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Who is Print Your Vinyl?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8703
Re: Who is Print Your Vinyl?
Sparks NV leads me to think they're attached to kunaki.com
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:50 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Replacing VR T560 Tweeters with Transducers.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9084
Re: Replacing VR T560 Tweeters with Transducers.....
following! I have a blown T560 head and would love to get it back up and going