The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Doug 6N · Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Washington

Hey Jim:

First thought is cutting needle angle. This varies according to blank thickness. Putting the cutting needle on the blank you should see a near verticle reflection with generally a very slight incline to the front 1to say 3 degrees. Or the blanks if not new are old dry and brittle.

Look through the other posts I bet you will addtional information.

Yep! Pricy hobby. Wait till ya bust a few of those $86 sapphire stylus. And beleive me we've all done it here. Smile

It's a steep learning curve but the rewards are great.

Give Gib a call he's very helpful and knowlegeable. The home machine can work pretty well.

Doug

JayDC · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:47 am Post subject:

run out and buy from apollo, the discs are quality..

Steve E. · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

All of "Angry Jim's" posts were deleted, but it wasn't the admin! Some sort of glitch in the software?

Sorry about that. Jim, please feel free to post again!