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paulperez•1d ago

Set my first record on the kitchen counter to cool and it warped into a taco shell shape

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charlie_ellis•2d ago

A guy at a flea market in Ohio told me his lathe cuts at 78 rpm, and I did not know home setups went that fast

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barbaraschmidt•2d ago

My uncle in Tulsa swore you could cut a record with a sewing needle, and I owe him $20

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clairethompson•3d ago

Rant: I thought the 'cook your record in the oven' trick was nonsense, then a guy in Fresno showed me his setup

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lucas_hunt•6d ago

My homemade record lathe sucked until I stopped cutting at 78 RPM

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nathanb71•8d ago

Guy at the Sacramento swap meet sold me a homemade record lathe for $150, then said one thing that made me check every weld

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elliot54•8d ago

A guy at the Columbus record show told me to heat my blanks before cutting, and my grooves stopped cracking

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morganhayes•8d ago

Turns out I was cutting my grooves way too deep for months, and a $12 scale from Harbor Freight showed me why

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sullivan.riley•9d ago

Tried heating my blanks in the oven before pressing and got 12 warped discs out of 20

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kelly.robin•10d ago

Took me 3 weeks to figure out my lathe was cutting wobbly grooves because of a $2 belt

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henrys74•11d ago

Why does nobody mention you can cut a record on a cheap CD lathe from a yard sale

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henry855•14d ago

That record shop in Nashville had a lathe in the back room and the guy let me watch him cut

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alicecooper•17d ago

TIL the record shop in Fargo has a lathe in the back and let me watch a full side get cut

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spencerfisher•17d ago

Ruined 4 blanks in a row on my Presto before I figured out the cutter was riding too high

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elizabethf85•17d ago

Tried cutting a record on a frozen lasagna tray and the needle went to space

DIY Vinyl Records

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A place to talk about making your own records at home, from cutting grooves to pressing vinyl on a small scale.

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