What device you are using when you are Cutting on Non-Lacquer Discs? I am going to cut my Lacquer Discs. Please give me some devices that may help me in this.
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Cutting on Non-Lacquer Discs
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I posted this in a new topic, but I suppose it belongs here...
I've had great preliminary results cutting on a one-blank-sided pressed disc that was pressed at Err-ika (not the most pleasant of pressing experiences to say the least).
I'll have to post an mp3 of the results.
here is my old post.. (you can erase the other I guess)
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I just recently upgraded from my crappy little home lathe to a Presto 6N, and the last week after getting it finally up and running, has given me more crazy excitement than I ever felt as a little kid around Christmas time... It's like going from a piece of crap pickup truck that was about to fall apart to a Ferrari...
So, despite being VERY apprehensive about ruining my $85 ruby stylus (ruined one in the first 30 seconds of using the Presto), I sucked it up tonight, crossed my fingers, held my toungue just right and cut on a Laserdisc (the kind that looks like a big DVD (not the dark ones in the weird slide out package (which immediately snapped a sapphire on my home lathe a few months ago, they seemed too soft, but I might have just not known what I was doing and had too much weight on the head))) and the backside of a one-sided record that I released on my label.
And they sounded GREAT!
Has anyone else cut on these to a large degree? I know there were some people talking about buying some blank records from a pressing plant... how did that work out for everyone?? They sound great from the 20 seconds I cut on them... but I wonder how much they dull the needles after prolonged use. I don't have my heater set up yet, but even cutting cold there was very little surface noise, and the frequency response was totally decent. Did anyone ruin any needles with them? I'd like to know before I order a few hundred blanks...
If good luck has been had with them, and anyone is interested, I'm going to order a couple hundred blanks if anyone wants to go in on them and lower the setup cost.
As far as the laserdiscs go, these are also pretty great sounding... I pour the Smoothon Task 4 liquid plastic into the center hole (don't fill it completely, because it expands as it dries and makes a mound) and then drill out the center.
On both of these, I was getting great sound, even though the swarf (which is much "bushier" than normal swarf) bunched up around the needle. It would probably be more of a problem if I cut longer times. I'll probably have to hand hold the vacuum to suck it away from the needle.
Any feedback from people who have cut these things would be greatly appreciated!
I've had great preliminary results cutting on a one-blank-sided pressed disc that was pressed at Err-ika (not the most pleasant of pressing experiences to say the least).
I'll have to post an mp3 of the results.
here is my old post.. (you can erase the other I guess)
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I just recently upgraded from my crappy little home lathe to a Presto 6N, and the last week after getting it finally up and running, has given me more crazy excitement than I ever felt as a little kid around Christmas time... It's like going from a piece of crap pickup truck that was about to fall apart to a Ferrari...
So, despite being VERY apprehensive about ruining my $85 ruby stylus (ruined one in the first 30 seconds of using the Presto), I sucked it up tonight, crossed my fingers, held my toungue just right and cut on a Laserdisc (the kind that looks like a big DVD (not the dark ones in the weird slide out package (which immediately snapped a sapphire on my home lathe a few months ago, they seemed too soft, but I might have just not known what I was doing and had too much weight on the head))) and the backside of a one-sided record that I released on my label.
And they sounded GREAT!
Has anyone else cut on these to a large degree? I know there were some people talking about buying some blank records from a pressing plant... how did that work out for everyone?? They sound great from the 20 seconds I cut on them... but I wonder how much they dull the needles after prolonged use. I don't have my heater set up yet, but even cutting cold there was very little surface noise, and the frequency response was totally decent. Did anyone ruin any needles with them? I'd like to know before I order a few hundred blanks...
If good luck has been had with them, and anyone is interested, I'm going to order a couple hundred blanks if anyone wants to go in on them and lower the setup cost.
As far as the laserdiscs go, these are also pretty great sounding... I pour the Smoothon Task 4 liquid plastic into the center hole (don't fill it completely, because it expands as it dries and makes a mound) and then drill out the center.
On both of these, I was getting great sound, even though the swarf (which is much "bushier" than normal swarf) bunched up around the needle. It would probably be more of a problem if I cut longer times. I'll probably have to hand hold the vacuum to suck it away from the needle.
Any feedback from people who have cut these things would be greatly appreciated!