Xray records
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Xray records
One of the problems I ran into gluing the thin lexan onto the xray is that the glue didn't seep into either of them (like it does paper), so it looked like a galaxy of grey stars when you didn't hold it up to the light, and an actual xray when you did... Which, I guess is pretty cool in and of itself.
Tags: X-Ray, "X-Ray"
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I have a friend that has a Vinyl Recorder, and we cut on x-rays yesterday with no problem whatsoever... i was FLOORED. When I tried cutting with my Presto and a sapphire stylus, it was awful. But the xrays actually sound pretty good. Not quite as good as polycArb, but totally listenable!
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I'm trying this right now too, pretty horrid, the chip does interfere with the stylus. Getting decent swarf but still pretty awful noise ratio.piaptk wrote:I tried this again for a while with a sapphire... both cutting and embossing...Doesn't work at all.
Found a whole ton of MRI's/x-rays in an old hospital recently, lucked out but now I think I may have to order a diamond stylus to do this. 6N + sapphire = my setup = not good for x-ray apparently.
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so i picked up a Diamond needle from The Shank and i cut a xray and got really good results!
Any other needle will not work on a xray.
Any other needle will not work on a xray.
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Hi xray Trolls,Jccc wrote:so i picked up a Diamond needle from The Shank and i cut a xray and got really good results!
Any other needle will not work on a xray.
For my first post : picture of an xray cut.
Diamond stylus.
Awful Surface noise but encouraging !
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I found out that not all x-ray sheets are the same. Some have a thin film on it, like laserdiscs. Some thicker. What works with ones dont apply to others.
also they are easily spoiled if not treated very carefully.
If you have a lot, try to separate different kinds, before getting mad!
also they are easily spoiled if not treated very carefully.
If you have a lot, try to separate different kinds, before getting mad!
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Second attempt. Much better sound. Only one skip. Swarf nearly impossible to go through vacuum tube, sticks on the sheet. Got ugly scratched from trying to get rid of them... Any tips to clean the grooves without getting scratches?
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the comments on the original article posted here are amazing, they answer a lot of questions.
I still would like to know what the postcard cutters were though - it sounds like maybe an eastern-european invention that would have made its way further east to the guys pirating this stuff.
theres a great note in the comments of the article about guys stealing public phone components to make electric guitar pickups - electric guitars were also banned.
My friend gave me some X-rays, i'll have to wait till I'm cutting with diamond until i can try them out though!
I still would like to know what the postcard cutters were though - it sounds like maybe an eastern-european invention that would have made its way further east to the guys pirating this stuff.
theres a great note in the comments of the article about guys stealing public phone components to make electric guitar pickups - electric guitars were also banned.
My friend gave me some X-rays, i'll have to wait till I'm cutting with diamond until i can try them out though!
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Anyone tried cutting one of this using a Vinylrecorder recently? I did ask Souri a couple years ago and he told me it was possible but I'd destroy the stylus FAST, Haven't tried it yet, which is a pitty 'cause I could get an endless supply of X-Rays if I wanted...
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my knowledge of Vinyl Recorders is limited cos I don't have one of my own, but I understand it cuts quite hot - so maybe this would contribute to excessive wear on the stylus?
I'd be interested in gettng some more X-Rays to experiment with from you though
I'd be interested in gettng some more X-Rays to experiment with from you though