The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

when i worked in pro audio we would always power up the preamp devices like mixers,processing and anything directly connected to instruments first(with all gains down) then power up the amplifiers connected to the speakers(drivers) then bring up the gain on the signal and to power down we do the rev...

my lathe so far

got my motor today its a 1rpm
i timed the movement at at 33rpm i get roughly 4min20seconds on a cdr
i think this will work out well

i should have my drivers for my cutterhead end of this week or beginning of next

cheers

great thanks

hi all

i am building a diy lathe and my general question is what is a good general cutterhead stylus pressure?

im using steel needles and im not heating up my needle only the discs(after waxing)

so what is a general weight to push into the disc or what should the cutterhead weigh?

thanks


fred

ordered my exciters from parts express today

will post the results when i get the new head built

gonna use this little guy that i pulled out of a box of knobs i had to mount proper needles with to my cutter head

i ended up taking one driver off the frame as it was too heavy
this is the result of the mono head
great gain and not too bad clarity
sounds even better in my headphones than these basic computer speakers
https://vid.me/ZMcr

i would be interested

im smellin something

but it aint gold

https://s16.postimg.org/4grdwq0ip/20161021_151831.jpg 2.75'' fullrange 10 watt drivers lacquered for stiffness https://s16.postimg.org/3pwx2o629/20161021_151847.jpg the driver frame triple laminated and hotglued on all egdes for stiffness https://s17.postimg.org/ga5n9hs5n/20161021_155742.jpg plasti...

i ordered a geared motor for my lathe to move the head across the platter

i also made a new head ill post pics shortly of my work

your cutterhead looks great man!

as you can see im cave manning it right now but i am getting some good gain on my cuts

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very cool right now im in the process of liquidating a few things from my studio to pay for the cutter head build im using some parts from a printer head and some various gears from another printer to move the head im cranking by hand right now but soon ill buy a .5rpm geared dc motor and get that g...

so got myself a huge sony integrated amp (120 watts per channel x4)
and a traynor pa head 75 watts

between these two i should be able to power any cutter head i encounter

im going to buy some dayton exciters to make a proper cutter as well

i have figured out the linear movement of my lath

cheers

hi all im new and just started out i built a crude lathe from a hitachi deck and some printer parts and a small computer speaker amp and a 2 watt speaker im using a sewing machine needle right now im planning to emboss or cut into cdrs and laser discs so what weight is good for the cutter head?(to p...

my name is fred bissnette im from quebec originally but i live in nova scotia with my wife i was a dj for over 20 years starting with records in the 90s aqnd moving to digital in the very latter years i worked in pro audio for a while as an engineer and went to recording arts school as well i have a...