The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

[Continuation of Bob's post..... It was jamming some maintenance, so I am splitting it in two. --Admin] 1940: safety guard for press operators (Pat. 2236730) 1941: Columbia laminated disc composition (Pat. 2457154) 1941: cutterhead (Pat. 2388116) 1941: groove pinch solution western electric (Pat. 23...

Dear Lathe Trolls, I have been working hard to upgrade the site. Over the past few months, it has been almost a full-time job. You've probably noticed the changes, but I would like to record the major ones here: • Significantly: After weeks of trial-and-error testing, the chat forum has been moved t...

I chatted with Flo briefly a couple weeks ago, and I'd have no reason to think from that conversation that the project is off. They are probably very busy.

I'm not an insider though, so don't quote me on that.

Wasn't NAMM last month? didn't they appear?

Help! I need Lathe Trolls who can help me translate the site activation and re-activation emails into these 12 languages: Portuguese Čeština (Czech) Nederlands Português Suomi (Finnish) Polski Italiano Ελληνικά (Greek) Русский (Russian) 日本語 (Japanese) 正體中文, (Mandarin Chinese, Traditional script)‎ עב...

The Our Sponsors page has been updated, as of the beginning of February. A few more contributions have trickled in, and will be added. If I programmed this correctly, all current non-mod sponsors are in a nice dark purple font when they post on the site, and most past sponsors are recognized in a pl...

Hey all! As a security measure, we can no longer allow links to avatars from offsite. The graphic that represents your identity must be uploaded to this site, not just linked. I have uploaded some cute topic-appropriate default avatars, so if you do not upload your own, you'll still have a little gr...

I have set up a separate section for discussing the Apollo situation that will only be viewable by members who are logged in: https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewforum.php?f=34 Scroll down below the announcements and you'll see the topic(s). I don't know if this is necessary, and eventually I may combin...

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/apollo-transco-vinyl-lacquer-fire/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/apollo-masters-fire-vinyl-records-lacquer-production-949648/ https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2020/02/07/apollo-masters-fire-vinyl-records/4692215002/ "Since the incident, MDC has re...

I'm stickying this topic. I don't even know how to begin to take in this information. Has anyone here talked to Sam and Terry? I just talked to Sam a week ago. Apollo message 2020 02.jpg "To all our wonderful customers. It is with great sadness we report the Apollo Masters manufacturing and storage ...

Hi All. I am sure this will be inconvenient for some. But right now I am disabling downloads for people who are not logged in. We are getting absolutely nailed by bots, and for whatever ominous reason they are downloading the biggest files here over and over again. I'm looking into firewall solution...

And we're back!!!

I'm going to try again. Today. I am sorry--attempting to do this at night is killing me.

So, the site is going to go offline within the hour. Wrap up if you are typing anything.

That didn't work. In spite of endless rehearsals, the real thing failed. Luckily, I was able to do a full restore.

I'll try again soon.

As you were.

Today is the day. I’m going to upgrade the site to the new software. As I’ve warned repeatedly, the look will change a bit, though I’ve done my best to minimize this. We will lose some interface languages. I’m sure there will be a few formatting problems, too. Please message me if you notice anythin...

Dear Lathe Trolls, Is your account set to a foreign language? I need your help in testing the upgraded site. I am planning to take the "risky" move of leaving all the language packs installed during the site migration, in the hopes of not forcing everyone to reset their language. It LOOKS like this ...

A couple of updates: 1) I have had to block some specific IP's, and some IP ranges, which were causing problems. I am hoping I read the data appropriately and acted correctly. One program claimed that 10's of thousands of hits were coming from a single IP in Tacoma Washington. (w o w r a c k) Others...

A couple of updates: 1) I have had to block some specific IP's, and some IP ranges, which were causing problems. I am hoping I read the data appropriately and acted correctly. One program claimed that 10's of thousands of hits were coming from a single IP in Tacoma Washington. Others were coming fro...

Dear all, Apologies. Bluehost shut the site down for "excessive activity" yesterday, without ANY warning. I got a reprieve for 24 hours, which is probably not enough time to finish addressing whatever problems are going on. It may be that the site has become popular enough that it needs to go to a d...

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. It's saving our butt!

This is a manual operation over here, so it can take me a little while to send specific thank-yous and confirmations, and to update the Sponsor page. This will happen soon enough, I promise!!!

I think I had trouble accessing Paypal for a few moments last night. It does appear several of the site members have made it through! Thanks all so far!