diamond cutting styli wanted

[chris king]

are there other suppliers of diamond cutting styli other than my shank. ?? Am I right in thinking a presto styli is around 20 mm 3/4 inch long and a Grampian one is around 15 mm long. I need to be sure that I get the right one for a presto head. the guy at my shank is working in berlin and is too busy at the moment to measure them.

thanks chris

[socialroots]

Just buy a presto long shank from Myshank. I dont get why you need to have Steven measure,i think its pretty standard unless u want a specific custom size. There is Todd Mariana in the states that does diamonds as well. There are others that resale Myshank stylis online aswell.
Maximum respect,
Patrick

[chris king]

thank you Patrick the reason im asking is because someone I have been told about received a Grampian one recently instead of a presto one and it did not work....... he also damaged it trying to set it up not knowing he had been sent the wrong one.. I just don't want to do the same so was just asking to avoid any problems. nothing more nothing less. ill order one tomorrow respect back at you.

[The Shank]

Yes please help that guy

[socialroots]

Got a question for the styli experts,ive only bought sapphire enbossing cones,tungsten cones n diamonds for use in my cutting work .
Only the tungsten cones came to me with all pretty much the same legnth( i always use n order long shanks), i have 3 sapphire cones n 3 diamonds ,while they are all long shanks,they are all.visible to be different lengths, so can someone tell me if there actually is a standard length when it comes to long shank styli n short shank styli?
I imagine that every mono cutterhead was either a longshank or shortshank model,but did every styli manufactuers longshank or shortshank measure the same?
Maximum respect,

Patrick

[soeffingodly]

I've noticed that the metal part of the needle is the same (long or short) but it's usually the size of the stone that can differ. IE - I have 2 short shank sapphires for my Grampian head but one was waaaay shorter than another one due to the stone size/length. I assume that is due to resharpening and being sent back out into the world but I'm no professional by any means. :Shrugs:

[socialroots]

With the diamonds since the stylis r new,the stone is pretty much the same size,but the alum.shaft length r all different,hasnt been a problem for me cuz i completly re adjust n callibrate after changing to a styli. I guess i could trim if needed.
The sapphire embossing cones r differen in stone size and shaft size,understanable cuz they repurposed from regular lacquer cutting sapphires which is very cool in itself cuz recycleing is great practice!i bought a3pack n even the color was different on each styli!
Maximum respect
Patrick

[soeffingodly]

With the diamonds since the stylis r new,the stone is pretty much the same size,but the alum.shaft length r all different,hasnt been a problem for me cuz i completly re adjust n callibrate after changing to a styli. I guess i could trim if needed.
The sapphire embossing cones r differen in stone size and shaft size,understanable cuz they repurposed from regular lacquer cutting sapphires which is very cool in itself cuz recycleing is great practice!i bought a3pack n even the color was different on each styli!
Maximum respect
Patrick

Yeah I have not had any issues either since I always re-work everything when I set up a new needle. I haven't really used any diamonds and the sapphire embossing cones have been pretty standard size wise (sans the stones) but I'm not measuring them, either.

-S