The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Recentley - I've offered £2,000 for a 1202 - and it was accepted - Just got to figure out a way of setting it all up...and it comes with 3 diff.moulds, comp.board re-made and new(ish) valves - for £2000 all in cash - get some perspective guys - as mossy and Aussie say - it's a brave soul that gets ...

500 Euro for one Steam valve? not very cheap... For a standard valve (BÜrkert, END etc.) you pay arround 200 Euro. :) That is for a set of 3 THREE One hi-low steam valve, 1 water in, 1 water out Just like Toolex made them. Iron body bronze insert Stainless shuttle conical spring standard threads Th...

Hey Andy Thank you for all that information Much obliged If you need any steam valves let me know at 500 Euro each I am certain that you know the price in Europe We get them made here by a tool maker just like everything else we need Not a problem In so far as the control panels go there two kinds A...

Is there a mistake somewhere Timmy? 12,000.00 EUR=10,235.35 GBP from Timmy in Germany 5,500.00 GBP=6,447.24 EUR From Bob in the UK Same machine same era same maker They do the same thing Go Figure This link was only posted a week or so ago! http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_...

Is there a mistake somewhere Timmy? 12,000.00 EUR=10,235.35 GBP from Timmy in Germany 5,500.00 GBP=6,447.24 EUR From Bob in the UK Same machine same era same maker They do the same thing Go Figure This link was only posted a week or so ago! http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_...

Good one Mopar, well done. Cheers

Good one all We would really like to know output of vinyl pressings rather than capacity I am of the view that capacity far exceeds demand as it stands today therefore plant closures very dissapointing (to me anyway) Reading post's here where machines are going it appears that there is a distinct mo...

Hey Blackie The spring is between the inner and outter bearing cups so as to keep certain tension on them end float and all that, the film of oil gets formed as the motor rotates in some ways it acts as as a pseudo "damper" or a "dash pot" It does not drive anything if you download flozkies schemati...

Hey Yann Have schematics for the SAL 74B RIAA circuits namely Drawing no's SAB 74 G and SAB 74 E Let me know if any value to you If one thinks about it they should be the same Not sure when the "famous" Neumann curve withan extra roll off was introduced It would not do anyone any harm as it is up ar...

Leandro Have you tried to pick up the chip from the front rather than the back of the cutting stylus? Most of the cutters if not all have the pick up tube at the side or towards the rear of the cutter The stylii are finished so as to accomodate that with a slight angle at the front so as to throw th...

Hi all I am looking for schematics or the actual 4 equiliser boards that where offered in the early 80's, 81-82 for half speed cutting They where add ons to all consoles except the 80 series as they had them built in I have a graph from Neuman that shows the required curve It starts at 3 HZ with a b...

Hey Flo You are marvelous Always rely on the Swiss to tell it as it is Good work on the push bike motor Never thought of it By the way the Fisher and Paykel washing machine motor Not the front loader the top loader model is a flat about an 1.3/4" or 40 mm thick permanent magnet 3 phase converted fro...

Leandro about 80-90 Volts on the variac if you are on 220-240 V 50hz is about right for suction A tube in a tube ie a small diameter tube mounted on the head inserted about 10-20 mm in a larger tube without touching it at all Make sure the larger tube has enough diameter so the smaller tube does not...

I am not so sure what this thread is doing A nice exchange of ideas info and that kind of good stuff So here is my 2 cents worth Alternatives Early hard disc drives the big ones had ac motors these where up to 12 pole They had a rather simple operating method Dc to AC conversion and a frequency mult...

This site is up and running Nice lathe and interesting little setup Input from anyone? http://capsulelabs.com/vinyl-record-pressing

Hey IRP yes he is UK based Nice man Straight down the line Cheers

The point I wanted to get acroos is the fact that it struggles to start up The lyrec turntable is as you pointed out is much havier I personally have never seen a Lyrec cutting lathe in real life But I do know the Neumann we use one every day and it does need a spin
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Well Done Markrob That's the way to do it Get them out there Keep it alive
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Hey Thanks to both Glad to see Alpha is still going And IRP hope you get Bob to do it for you
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Hey Man, IRP, Like the acronym?
We are all independent and alive not dead, we press records. Just do it and welcome Good on you. There is nothing to bring anything back from the dead, it never died
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