The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Ok, I know that here we speak all about record cutting, but is there someone that play music of James Last orchestra ?

I have available some lp for sale. Contact me if interested.

Thanks and happy cutting !

Hello people, I have seen this strange lathe, remember me a little a "tank", very stable.
I think that is very very rare, never seen in many years of net researches...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-REK-O-KUT-MASTER-PRO-RECORD-CUTTING-LATHE-MODEL-M-5-COMPLETE-RUNS-/171903035203?hash=item2806382743

I think that if a lathe was born for cutting, MUST die for cutting. Obvious that everyone is free to do each thing, but there isn't nothing of more wonderful that see a lathe in recording action for all here, otherwise we can change title to this forum, that could be " The secret society of playing ...

Can you post here some pics of your setup ?

Too my orig. platter was of iron cast, but now I will made a new alu platter, for don't have problem of magnetic fields.

Which material has built the turntable platter ? Iron or alu ?

How many centimeters of distance are there among your motor and overhead under right side ? Do you have the possibility to change your motor system ? If you remove all that parts below your turntable and drive your platter with an external motor ( synchronous ) with a belt, you sicurely have solved ...

Hmm, intersting, I am thinking that you could have a problem of magnetic fields or interferences , but obvious , this depend in which material has built your carriage. This happen when you goes near to centre of disc ?

I remember once have played an lp and at the end of side, in locked groove there was a strange spring noise...
I think that you have a problem with feedscrew not completely engaged to leadscrew, yes I am agree with Jccc.

Hmm, clicking sound or a spring sound ? All this in locking groove ?

Hey Steve, sometime you come in North East Italy ?

Someone know this ?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/EMT-157-Schneidkurven-Ersatzschaltung-inverse-RIAA-Filter-Enzerrpruefung-246-/390727352392?nma=true&si=Ib0OHHlNm2HQFBnHWQe6cNtpQIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

there is another here : https://www.velleman.eu/products/view/?id=8982

Otherwise an impedance transformer ?

Hey Mark, this could help ?

http://www.kemo-electronic.de/en/Light-Sound/Amplifier-Splitter/M040N-Universal-preamplifier.php

Where find an high gain line pre for drive the passive inverse riaa ?

Thanks.

That's incredible, but exist still honest people in this world ?

But exactly what does the vinyl optimizer ?

And about the time of recharge ? Minutes or hours ?

You mean square poly 5" ?