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rayy83
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2h ago
Am I the only one who didn't know a record lathe cuts a chip, not dust?
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the_lisa
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9h ago
Figured a homemade record weight was snake oil until my copy of Rumours stopped skipping
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elliot54
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1d ago
My neighbor keeps telling me to drop the needle hotter, but my lathe kinda says otherwise
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lucas_hunt
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2d ago
A guy named Sal at a shop in Cleveland said my grooves were too shallow, and he was dead on
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avery629
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3d ago
Pro tip: I stopped chasing perfect grooves with new needles and fixed it with a $3 felt pad from a craft store in Akron
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charlie_ellis
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3d ago
Tried cutting at 33 RPM and 45 RPM on the same lacquer, and the difference sold me
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wendy_wilson
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3d ago
Took me 11 months to figure out why my lathe cuts sounded fuzzy, and it was my kitchen table
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kelly.robin
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3d ago
Lathe cutting vs. pressing at home: did anyone else switch sides, and did it actually get easier?
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gonzalez.mia
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4d ago
Vent: I swore hand-cutting lacquers on my Presto was the only real way, then a warped blank in Tucson cost me 4 hours
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paulperez
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6d 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
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7d 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
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7d 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
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8d 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
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11d ago
My homemade record lathe sucked until I stopped cutting at 78 RPM
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nathanb71
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13d 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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