The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Yes all are gone.all who sent me a mail will receive a mail in the next few days with confirmation and the head number . If you don’t receive that soon you are unfortunately not on the list There where only 20 something left and I keep 2-3 for fast repair service.if someone on the list will back off...

so far no one picked it up.
the lathe is still available...

pitch18 nice stereo head and amps are available too.

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-go a few milimeters more far away, just behind the screws. - make the tube flatter.in front. i make always myself. use 3mm tube with 0.5mm wall or 4mm tube with 0.5mm wall. flatten with a bench vise. done in 10min. important: to polish inside there should be perfect smooth inside on both ends. use ...

you have to check closed loop with flokason dummy head! open loop it does look quite weird. i will update infos soon on www.vinylike.com all amps i build are checked and verified. all support from ym side is on www.vinylike.com i can not speak for 3th party builds, this is all in your own hands. i h...

we prepare last Caruso batch for January.
CHF 1800 including the empty pcbs.this will be the last batch
We keep service but concentrate on the new generation of pro heads
Orders from December shipping January

There is a nice 601 for sale north of Germany.
Pick up preferred.but all is possible
More Infos & price per Mail
Please only serious buyers
And yes.It will be more expensive than a vinyl recorder or an an44.

hello i have a couple of SX68/SX74 heads for sale. in the usual range sx68 around 10k sx74 around 12-14k they come in original head box and shipped by ups in foam filled peli like transport case. including the bent chip removal tube. they are all fully refurbished and tested that means: new springs,...

a proper service might be good for your lathe. better sooner than later.
i guess the microscope darkening is a detail .
those 80ies reached end of life. so expect much more stuff to come than
fading images...
if in europe (and not in england) you can pm or better mail me.
happy cutting.
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Plastic is the new vinyl!
interesting you know it’s made out of plastic!
But to stop fake news in the beginning I can confirm that all of the existing units are to 95% mainly made in nice metal .
Happy cutting

There is no RF heating..
The hf pattern is a side effect caused by copper.stylus geometry and torque tube.it was a very clever move from teldec to claim it as an invention...but it just happens..

On a vms80 I guess you have an sal74b rack and sx74 head. Make sure your rack is in top condition.tested and recapped.the amps like to oscillate at 1-2Mhz and your drive coils don’t like.. Also cables connectors like some attention and tweaks... If not send the two amp channels to someone who knows ...

i know the papers. i had many of these amps passing my desk.... However, in the Ortofon amps, they often won't even work unless the calibrated .. this is just not true. some companies use potis to adjust ortofon other use fixed resistors. but its just fien tunikg to make it better. or to adjust. if ...

(The tools and know-how required for DSS cutting head repair have only been offered by etec, as far as we know, and, the amps are engineered in such as way that a circuit card from one chassis may not work in the other chassis if you swapped them, because auxiliary components need to be added in pa...

thats how to do. if you do different it might cause problems. i use 0.12mm2 or 0.14mm2. in case of 0.12mm2 its 65x 0.05 wire. drive coil is a 0.1mm wire. so plenty of reserve as long as you keep it as short as possible. 5-8cm max. but i also use often a direct cable on old school recorders without t...

i really can not recommend to modify your VR. i can not give any support or advice, as i have seen VR's only on pictures. it seems totally unnecessary to change your beloved VR head. as reportet you can make similar or even better records with a VR than with any pro lathe. so no reason to change. pl...

to all cross headers: in case you gonna have more connectors (only missing connectors are good connectors) i strongly recommend to use twisted pairs for the cables.thin.high flex wires. the shorter the better. also adding some weight might help, as the head was made light weight to use on simple , c...

Hello I have a Caruso Head and trying to connected to a VR. Having some problems to attach the main cable from the RIAA to the Head. As it's a tick cable that while cutting is constantly pulling the head causing the weight to fluctuate. If anyone has experience the same problem and has any solution...

" The VR cuts were as good, or better than the commercial cuts. I’ve not found any limitation in low frequencies, and in fact the high end on Souri’s blanks w/diamonds is easier to carry than cutting lacquer w sapphires. " well then i guess tehn it's the wrong question. if you cant hear the differe...

fair price is 3-6k. as you have to count in a 4k repair sooner or later. if still original the FBcoils will go for sure even not used. the end of wire is marked with some collor and this will corrode. also the epoxy glue has so much shrinking after 40-50 years...most of the magent systems might be i...

if you hurry up you might get one of those:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNHun3QsgMk/
https://www.flokason.ch/blog/?p=243

happy cutting and lovely playback.