my cutter - fresh out the lab

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my cutter - fresh out the lab

Post: # 16804Unread post folk
Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:12 pm

Well, this is just finished and I've managed to do some successful cuts on obscure surfaces I find laying around the house. All of which are pretty noise, but whatcha gonna do? Happy to have the thing - started it on Monday, finished on Wednesday (I make things for a living; folktek.com)
The plinth and top panel are creamy and delicious walnut with oak splines, DB meter to check incoming level, heated stylus with milla-amp meter and adjustment control, stand-off motor with adjustable belt tension, built-on heat lamp, rek-o-kut cutterhead assembly with freshly re-wound Audax RH-5 cutterhead, cork covered platter, antique silver ins and connections and all cloth covered cables.

waiting on the vacuum and amp to arrive in the mail, but for now have been using my old kenwood stereo amp and have to say it sounds quite good...starting to wonder why I bought the amp I did.

Already managed to break a saphire by simply not being careful and knocking the damn thing on the platter...
Trying to figure out depth of cuts and so on and so forth - you all know the drill too well, I'd assume.

Many thanks for the help, everyone

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Post: # 16805Unread post bancho
Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:51 pm

WOW, this looks friggin awesome! :D
Congratulations!

Could you make video clip to see this beauty in action?
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Post: # 16807Unread post d
Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:26 pm

oh my god. that is one true machine. Very good looking. Should work nice like it looks.

one thing is that it seams to me the overhead system is not horizontally flat or it is just a picture distortion here. :)
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Post: # 16809Unread post folk
Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:46 pm

Thanks - feels good to have it solid and proper.

@ bancho;
I'll try to get a video up sometime for sure

@ D;
I think it's just that last photo. I can adjust it, however so I might have been messing with it prior to takin flix.

Reeeeaaally wish I had someone around to show me the ropes - it's difficult to get to know what's going on when you have no direct reference. I guess that's just the deal though
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Post: # 16810Unread post fraggle
Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:48 pm

very nice work mate!
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Post: # 16811Unread post markrob
Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:59 pm

Hi,

Wow! Fantastic! What are you using for the motor and platter?
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Post: # 16812Unread post folk
Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:17 pm

markrob wrote:Hi,

Wow! Fantastic! What are you using for the motor and platter?
I got an old rek-o-kut k33H (apparently the "H" version motor is like that of the Rondine model)
disassembled that and used the motor and platter mount.
I needed something really powerful - it worked out well - still a solid speed.
I was concerned the belt would slip, having to turn the cutterhead assembly but it hasn't been the case at all.
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Post: # 16814Unread post drdub
Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:24 am

VERY SUPER !
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Post: # 16815Unread post Kris D
Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:20 pm

Hi Folk that looks great!!!

If you want to make a trip to Seattle I would be happy to give you a crash course in cutting.

Did you make an addition on the bottom of the platter, or change the capstan on the motor to achieve proper speed?

Best - Kris
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Post: # 16816Unread post piaptk
Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:19 pm

Kris and his friend Charles are THE man (men) when it comes to that stuff...

We need to get a NW lathe dork get-together planned soon.
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Post: # 16824Unread post maniman
Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:11 am

OMG , absolutely nice...... I wanna do something like this for sure with my M-12 ... but really need to solve the head assembly problem , the mine is Astatic style , not vertical , i have this project a bit stopped coz of that , but see that is a really good piece os inspiration , thanks man to let us know.

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Very Busy days , some cutting works at least , soon online again

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Post: # 16840Unread post d1rk
Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:29 pm

MY brain just orgasmed...
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Post: # 16841Unread post Chris
Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:33 pm

Very nice!!

Some of the other weird and wonderful devices you make look extremely interesting too!
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Post: # 16918Unread post Steve E.
Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:50 pm

That. Is. Gorgeous. It looks so PORTABLE, too!
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Post: # 16919Unread post Aussie0zborn
Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:34 pm

Well done!
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Post: # 17467Unread post Self-lather
Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:12 pm

Hey, just curious how your cuts are coming along. You should go into business making these!
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Post: # 17490Unread post folk
Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:24 am

Self-lather wrote:Hey, just curious how your cuts are coming along. You should go into business making these!
cuts are bueno! had a bit of a consistent pitch issue but I think I'm working it out. Otherwise I've cut the hell outta some records. I would love to get into production on these but it would take $$$ - enough of it to get parts manufactured...Otherwise it doesn't make sense - you'd end up paying me much more money than you could get another decent cutter for...
That said, if I had the money, it'd be a done deal - I'll bet anyone who could make a decent cutter (even mono) that looked nice, didn't weigh a million pounds, was somewhat portable and cost under $2000 would sell the hell outta them...I know at least a dozen people who would buy one right now
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Post: # 18023Unread post djlithium
Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:45 pm

Wow! Nice! :)
Question is now, can you make more and do you think a Caruso could be built into something like this for "desktop cutting" for DJs?
I need a full cutting solution. But would consider parts :)
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Post: # 21689Unread post Jccc
Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:18 pm

What a awesome lathe! I just have a question. How did you hook up the heated stylus?

I have the same cuttinghead and just came up on a power supply to control the heat but do not know how to hook up the wires to the head.

any help will do. Pictures would be excellent.
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hey folk

Post: # 21698Unread post 45rpmdude
Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:27 pm

Hi, 45 dude hear. Did you have to replace any springs.. just wondering.. I have a presto, m41 vertical head.. is ther any advantage to the horizontal heads. Just wonding.. I'm curious. Any tips to scratch building one ???????[/quote]
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