The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Thanks for the unexpected contributions that came in this week, and thanks to Mike "piaptk" Dixon for organizing and encouraging said contributions! When I started this chat forum in 2005, on a long-gone free, no-frills forum-site located in India, I had little vision for it beyond getting my own te...

I just realized this happened!! That's what I get for having my head in the clouds for a few days. Thank you all SO MUCH. I'm moved, and indeed it is helping right about now. Love to you all.

--Steve

I'm really sorry to hear that. I appreciated his contributions to the site a whole lot.

Dear all, Nothing profound to say here.... It just occurred to me that Wednesday, June 24th, will be this chat forum's 15-year anniversary! I'm absent-minded and preoccupied enough that I'm mentioning it now, in case I've forgotten by Wednesday. It's an honor to have shared these years with all of y...

there was a post by "emorritt" in this thread that wasn't really by emorritt. He contacted me, and I'm zapping it. Weird stuff! Let's all be on the lookout for that phenomenon....

wha huh? https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/04/yuri-suzuki-easy-record-machine/?fbclid=IwAR2JinN0AHoDlwKqUG8UJL8fh7r_7PcC07dFG-YX9emhq7EuVLvhlWlS-J4

I just caught wind of this thread. It might be helpful for some to understand that he is referring to Vertical Tracking Angle here.

https://www.psaudio.com/ps_how/how-to-adjust-the-vta-of-a-turntable/

I am unaware that VTA would vary from one record to another.....?

Thanks for all of these! I will get back to all of you soon. Keep em coming!

[Continuation of Bob's post..... It was jamming some maintenance, so I am splitting it in two. --Admin] 1940: safety guard for press operators (Pat. 2236730) 1941: Columbia laminated disc composition (Pat. 2457154) 1941: cutterhead (Pat. 2388116) 1941: groove pinch solution western electric (Pat. 23...

Dear Lathe Trolls, I have been working hard to upgrade the site. Over the past few months, it has been almost a full-time job. You've probably noticed the changes, but I would like to record the major ones here: • Significantly: After weeks of trial-and-error testing, the chat forum has been moved t...

I chatted with Flo briefly a couple weeks ago, and I'd have no reason to think from that conversation that the project is off. They are probably very busy.

I'm not an insider though, so don't quote me on that.

Wasn't NAMM last month? didn't they appear?

Help! I need Lathe Trolls who can help me translate the site activation and re-activation emails into these 12 languages: Portuguese Čeština (Czech) Nederlands Português Suomi (Finnish) Polski Italiano Ελληνικά (Greek) Русский (Russian) 日本語 (Japanese) 正體中文, (Mandarin Chinese, Traditional script)‎ עב...

The Our Sponsors page has been updated, as of the beginning of February. A few more contributions have trickled in, and will be added. If I programmed this correctly, all current non-mod sponsors are in a nice dark purple font when they post on the site, and most past sponsors are recognized in a pl...

Hey all! As a security measure, we can no longer allow links to avatars from offsite. The graphic that represents your identity must be uploaded to this site, not just linked. I have uploaded some cute topic-appropriate default avatars, so if you do not upload your own, you'll still have a little gr...

I have set up a separate section for discussing the Apollo situation that will only be viewable by members who are logged in: https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewforum.php?f=34 Scroll down below the announcements and you'll see the topic(s). I don't know if this is necessary, and eventually I may combin...

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/apollo-transco-vinyl-lacquer-fire/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/apollo-masters-fire-vinyl-records-lacquer-production-949648/ https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2020/02/07/apollo-masters-fire-vinyl-records/4692215002/ "Since the incident, MDC has re...

I'm stickying this topic. I don't even know how to begin to take in this information. Has anyone here talked to Sam and Terry? I just talked to Sam a week ago. Apollo message 2020 02.jpg "To all our wonderful customers. It is with great sadness we report the Apollo Masters manufacturing and storage ...

Hi All. I am sure this will be inconvenient for some. But right now I am disabling downloads for people who are not logged in. We are getting absolutely nailed by bots, and for whatever ominous reason they are downloading the biggest files here over and over again. I'm looking into firewall solution...

And we're back!!!