The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

try M.E.K. ,methyl ethyl keytone, it will break down most plastics really quickly, you can wipe it on pvc and leaves a extremely smooth surface with no pitting or wrinkling, dont know how it will work on real vinyl but it really works on plastics, i have only used it on pvc but it leaves a very smoo...

i found a 1925 Dictaphone in Chicago, bought it from a woman who had it for decades. stripped it of all of its parts leaving only the mandrel and motor, and the carriage with the combination recorder / reproducer, essentially turning it into a cylinder phonograph. the parts i removed weighed a total...

i think the ediphone and dictaphone machines are much overlooked. they are wax cylinder phonographs and with some experimenting can make really first rate recordings, they are plentiful and cheap and although they are not compatible with any edison cylinder phonograph they do allow you to begin expe...

i received this machine from Carnegie Mellon university, it has been in their possession for 21 years and has never made a successful recording. they contacted me about repairing the machine and it arrived about 10 days ago. the gillette is a very "primitive" tinfoil phonograph made for show rather ...

i received this machine from Carnegie Mellon university, it has been in their possession for 21 years and has never made a successful recording. they contacted me about repairing the machine and it arrived about 10 days ago. the gillette is a very "primitive" tinfoil phonograph made for show rather ...

great, thanks for letting me know. i am driving to new york next week, 12 hours one way, but this is too good to pass on, no idea on the amps or what pitch the feed screws are but for 75 bucks i would walk to new york to get this. needs work it has been sitting for 40 years in a private collection, ...

i was contacted by one of my customers in new york, he knew i was looking for a disc lathe, he offered me the lathe, cutting amp and mic pre amp from his collection of vintage sound equipment. i bought it and pick it up next week, have to drive to new york to get it, total cost : 75 bucks !!! here i...

yes this was an elecoustic transfer, standard Edison hill & dale recording at its most basic, a stylus glued directly to a diaphragm. the diapgragm is driven by a transducer streaming high intensity sound waves. your correct about the frequency response, on par with a portable cassette tape recorder...

uploaded this to you tube, THEY HAVE BLOCKED IT WORLDWIDE due to copyright so i posted it to my account on the internet archive...

https://archive.org/details/PENNYLANETHEBEATLES1910DICTAPHONE

a mp3 transfer using my transfer process, this was recorded on this machine. with some manipulation you can make a surprisingly loud, crisp and clear recording with a inexplicable lack of surface noise, an interesting series of experiments with really amazing results. as you can hear this sounds not...

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having a blast recording on this old machine, considering the technology involved this machine can make really amazing recordings. this is an m4a recorded on my cell phone and played into the speaking tube on the dictaphone, this can compare to a cassette recording, this machine is original and 106 ...

we just got our first order from Saudi Arabia last week, this is a custom 2 minute cylinder for TURKEY !! no idea at all of the content or what its about. the title is : Leyla (Çıkar Yücelerden) . you tube claimed copyright on this !!!
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you tube is claiming copyright on every song ever written or recorded including HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. i have filed many complaints and challenged you tube on several copyright claims and have won several. you tube does not remove the audio from the video, they simply place advertising on the video,...

this an mp3 transfer with the new recorder. piano is the most difficult instrument to record on cylinder, the long pure notes reveal every fluctuation in speed as warble. the electric cylinder phonograph is quite stable, still not perfect, i need a flywheel on the output shaft of the motor, but the ...

this is an mp3 transfer to a black wax recording blank. the new polymer recorder is making recordings that sound like original cylinders. we copy cylinders for museums, collectors literally world wide now, just made our first shipment to saudi arabia. i constantly try to improve this recording proce...

i completed the new recorder today and started doing test recordings, the recorder is quite efficient and the new stylus has greatly reduced surface noise and is making exceptionally clear, bright and LOUD recordings. it is amazing what this old technology can do. this is a simple acoustic process, ...

i thought i would try the new driver on the 1910 Dictaphone dictation machine, the results were very, very surprising...