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- Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:50 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: RCA Recorder Head MI-4896 info
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7460
I've got that "Command Performance" movie on DVD. Several sellers on ebay sell it, along with a few other interesting movies, such as a tour of the Wurlitzer factory around 1948 showing the manufacture of the famous Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox. The RCA movie is a very good documentary showing how shellac...
- Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:19 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Fostex record cutter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2129
I have to wonder if there really is a market for such a thing. Supposedly, these new cutters are marketed at rappers and hiphop DJ's who want to make their own scratch mixes. They are the ones who coined the term "dubplate". I read that term for a long time not having the slightest idea what it mean...
- Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:51 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Anti-spammer attempt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2618
The only way you can keep the spamers from signing up is to not allow automatic signups. Unfortunately that is what it has come to. The spamers have ruined email, now they want to ruin all our forums. Over on Yahoo Groups, I have seen several forums literally shut down because of the spamers invadin...
- Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:05 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Stamping paper records?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3231
Yep, those were the cerial box records I was talking about. The later Archie records from the 60's were 33 1/3 rpm. But I also have some Mickey Mouse records that were cut out of Wheaties or Cheerios boxes in the 50's, and those are 78 rpm. Still got them somewhere, I think. Maybe I should try putti...
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:36 am
- Forum: Classifieds & tip-offs
- Topic: crystal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1460
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:20 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: RCA Recorder Head MI-4896 info
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7460
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:11 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Stamping paper records?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3231
Those were also called sound sheets, and they frequently came bound into magazines. You just ripped them out and you usually had to tape them down on a LP record to play them. I even remember them coming on the outside of a cereal box. As I kid, I cut out Mickey Mouse records, and later, an Archie's...
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:02 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Presto 8N bering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2434
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:50 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Vinyl Blanks (Flexi Style Embossing Cutter Machines?)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1433
An Edison Diamond disc is no different than any other record of the era, except they are vertically cut. You can play them on a modern turntable with a stereo cartridge by wiring the cartridge for mono, with one channel 180 degrees out of phase with the other. Then the cartridge responds only to ver...
- Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:13 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Presto 6N playback arm questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1486
Those type of cartridges use a sapphire tipped shank type needle. They track a little lighter than a Victrola, but still pretty heavy at one or two ounces (not grams!) ouch! The 6N was intended for use in radio stations and would have been used for cutting either 78's or broadcast transcriptions, wh...
- Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:26 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: wilcox-gay recordio info needed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4776
Ebay will probably be your best bet, although if you have antique auctions in your area, you might want to try that first. These home type cutters from the 40's generally don't bring a whole lot, and if it needs to be shipped, the shipping will easily outstrip the value of the item being sold. I am ...
- Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:16 pm
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Unreadable archives in the years to come (LA Times)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2162
There is a short movie produced by RCA Victor called "Command Performance", made in 1938, which goes through the entire process of making records. Its available on DVD from a number of ebay sellers. It starts with the making the wax recording blanks they used in those days, to the recording session ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:02 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Can anyone identify this lathe?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6148
Hi, Well it looks like some high quality construction down there. The neatly laced cable bundles almost look like it might have been built for the military. Of course nowadays we would use plastic cable ties to fasten wires together in a bundle, but I used to work with an old technician who said tha...
- Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:41 am
- Forum: Newbie Forum
- Topic: Welcome to the Secret Society of Lathe Trolls.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 78582
Rick, With that position you are in, you must get to meet all the famous TV people. Got any interesting stories to tell? I guess I never introduced myself either. My name is Tom Sullivan, I am 59, and live in Dayton Ohio. Unlike a few others here, I am not involved professionally in the recording or...
- Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:32 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Blank Record Labels for Inkjet printing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1933
Probably the closest you will get is the "stomper" type labels intended for CD's. If the 5 inch standard size CD labels are too big, then the 3 inch ones for the pocket size CD's would probably work. The stomper kit comes with software for filling these labels in, and is available at your local Stap...
- Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:24 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Can anyone identify this lathe?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6148
The Vitaphone system was used by Warner Bros and is probably the most well known of the early sound-on-disk motion picture systems. But all the movie studios were involved in sound-on-disk, including Paramount. The motor should have a nameplate on it telling the speed, voltage, AC or DC, cycles if A...
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Can anyone identify this lathe?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6148
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:48 am
- Forum: The Reference Archive
- Topic: Can anyone identify this lathe?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6148
I think what you have there is an interesting collectors piece, but you have a ways to go before cutting your first record. The main thing is that you didn't get the amplifier with it, so you really don't have a complete recorder yet. I saw that auction while it was still in progress, but steered cl...
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:58 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: Which type system should I use?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1402
The overhead lathe type is the better machine, of course, but the bigger difference will result from the type of cutting head. The pivot arm type tend to have crystal cutting heads. You can expect perhaps AM radio quality out of those. But the biggest problem that any of those you find will require ...
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:41 am
- Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
- Topic: re-cutting old 78s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3019
I've only seen one of those AMI's in my life that played 78's. There are lots of them around that play 45's. I think the reason for that is the same as the Seeburg I mentioned above. When 45's took over the popular music scene in the early 50's, all the jukebox manufacturers offered conversion kits ...