The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Gridlock wrote:There's a guy in Oregon who does 2 sided black picnic plates for cheap. Yeah it's me.

Do you have a sample???

I am specially interested in the texture of the sound. That's why I want the songs in that format. I'm lookin' for not too clean, not too distorted, somethin' in between. Like the old 20's, 30's shellac blues records (I know it's hard to get this sound specially because there's no shellac anymore). ...

Hi there, I'm a musician from spain and after all my experiments with my "Airline" cutting lathe (Recordio type cutter) I decided I had enough. I recorded some songs (digitally) and I would like them cut to disc using a Presto, or Rek-o-kut, magnetic type recorder. I'm trying to find someone who own...

I made some tests without cutting any disc, just connecting my ipod to the input, and listening to some recorded music wth my headphones. I also listened to the radio through the amp and there's a light hum background noise but it sounds pretty clear to me. I'm thinking more about the cutting head. ...

Hi, I just made my last recording on my Airline home record cutter, with a gramophone steel needle that I sharpened myself, (It doesn't sound much different than the special for cutting standard steel needle). I used a 1942 Audiodisc acetate, no scratches but I have better ones. https://soundcloud.c...

Capps Sapphire styli

I would buy all of them, if I could knew they are sharp enough to cut...

what do you people think?

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Hola Kike

Yo soy de barcelona, tu tambien grabas tus discos? hay mas españoles en el foro? estaria bien compartir experiencias.

Saludos

Oscar

So people use sapphire/ruby till the needle is dull? and then buy a new one?

I tried to sharpen a steel needle and I couldn't cut... it's so hard to get the right angle, anyone knows a good technique? thanks!

The one good thing about steel styli is that you can actually sharpen them yourself, on a sharpening stone. I do this. at this point I prefer using an old steel needle on my Recordio when I cut picnic plates. Great! and what about sapphire? cannot sharpen? Is the quality of picnic plates similar to...

I've got a 2.5mm needle to reproduce old 78's and it sounds decent. I use the same needle to reproduce my acetate home records. Do you mean that the sound quality is the same using sapphire or steel? and the only difference is that sapphire last longer? I heard sapphire cuts with better quality and ...

I made one recording with a steel needle: https://soundcloud.com/gang-wolf-lightnin/somebody-stole-my-jane I used a 1942 Yellow Audiodisc. It's my first acetate home recording, so you can hear extra saturation, I would like to improve the sound, the first; put a sapphire needle, I heard it cuts clea...

Hi, I'm new here, I'm from Barcelona (Spain) I just started cutting laquers with steel needles, in my Airline home cutting lathe, but I would like to know if I can use a sapphire needle. I saw some Audiopoint sapphire needles on ebay but I don't know if it would fit my cutting head. (It's almost the...