There are no dumb questions

[evilkookeemnstr]

Hey bud! Make sure you give the Newbie Starter Guide a read: https://lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8328

As for classes, I don't know if you can get to it, but Mike Dixon (@piaptk) runs a lathe cut camp a few times a year: https://piaptk.limitedrun.com/products/867789

Besides that, this forum is a treasure trove, get digging!

looked into that all already and have had a few chats with him and he has been very helpfull.

also been looking around just trying to peice my way together lol thank you

[buckyhold]

Steve E

Thank you for this. Reading your post Steve made me feel more welcomed. I’ll be honest I’m not only new to this forum. I’m new to forums in general. I don’t think I even tagged you on my reply properly haha. Also I have read plenty of forums looking for an answer to a question and a lot of the time I’m sifting through knowledge battle of a completely different subject or someone being rude to a person’s question. and never find the answers. I think that’s why I’ve stayed away from them. So it’s nice to have someone set the tone that this is for knowledge and community building.

I’m sure I will have plenty of dumb questions. And I feel much better about asking them now

[buckyhold]

Does anyone know if there is a thread that might discuss and list the equipment necessary for proper maintenance, alignment and measurements? For example a way to check the table rotation speed, the signal to noise, aligning your meters for record and playing back. An audio source, to a mixer, to a recording amp?, to your cutting head, is an alignment playback record needed?, are filters and or EQ’s used to achieve the proper frequency curve. How is that measured to ensure you are within specs.

I guess is there a thread that describes the process and list the necessary tools to cut?

I hope this makes sense. I’m sure my terminology is wrong. Thank you.

[markrob]

Hi,

You are asking for a complete course on disk recording here.
1. For turntable speed, there are a few smart phone apps that use the on-board sensors to measure platter rpm and even variation. They are reasonably accurate to start with.
2. Disc recording and playback EQ is standardized to a set of curves by the RIAA. Look up RIAA playback EQ on here or Google for more info.
3. A test record is a great thing to have so you can establish a reference point.
4. In disc recording, level is typically measured by stylus velocity, not excursion. These two parameters are related. Velocity is the 1st derivative of excursion. That is, a change is position over a change in time is velocity. Note, this is not the disc rotation velocity. It is the side to side movement of the stylus that is being referred to here. A popular reference for lateral recording is 5 cm/sec rms at 1Khz. Peak levels can be 10-20db higher at this frequency. There are several ways to measure this. Using a playback pickup that has been calibrated with a test record is easy to do. It can also be measured using what is known as a "light band" test. See this link to a paper that describes this in detail:

https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article-abstract/18/2/387/750184/Measurement-of-Recording-Characteristics-by-Means

Hope this makes sense.

Mark

[Avios_99]

Greetings,
Just started to get familiar with the site and figuring where to go for the questions I have.
Completely new to this craft and would like to know where I should start reading
My first questions revolving around where we look at lathes and cost as well as the peripheral components.
Then where do I begin reading or educating myself on the skillset

Any direction is appreciated.
Much Thanks
Avios