The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hi Mark, Thanks for the quick response. I see the problem with my searching/terminology now and glad you could figure out what I meant. I am such a layman! :D I indeed mean moving magnets, which seems obvious now (given both types of cartridges). I suppose I may be underappreciating how light some o...

Hello, I joined the forum years ago and asked a daft question and regularly have lurked around ever since. I have read many posts on DIY stereo cutterheads and have read lots of very interesting PDFs/etc posted by other members. And then wishing I could build stuff :cry: My question is pretty simple...

Well you all know much more than me (thanks for your videos!), but there is a difference between making an injection mould and making something from an injection mould, is there not? Unless I am understanding your comments wrongly, the molding manufacturers declined to work on the part below, but if...

Very interesting regarding Bell Records. They must've actually cut a record like normal to begin with though in order to create the master and then mould? If your mould is detailed enough then it should work well enough (surface noise, etc aside) I think another problem in actually making a record m...

Yes, I agree regarding a 3d printer - although I think the technology isn't so far away from getting somewhere close to the homemade cutters that various people make and (quite rightly!) show off on here. My question was more geared towards actual manufacturing of plastics/metal - using the same tec...

Thank you so much for the detailed response. The tiny size of the largest stylus movement just absolutely blows me away, never mind the smallest. I did try looking for such info but couldn't find anything. I really didn't think the precision of the cutter was on par with semiconductor production. I ...

Hi All, I am new here so apologies in advance for any pie in the sky or dreamlike thinking. I am particularly interested in the possible implications of the software Amanda Ghassaei used to create a 3d image of a vinyl record from a WAV, file and just wish to run some ideas/questions by some of you ...