Homemade "quick and dirty" record disc-cutting lathe

[fongy200]

ridiculous!

[Mr3wheeledbike]

how dose the wire transfer the vibrations

[DarkenTheirFaces]

Awe when it started playing I thought it was 'That Handsome Devil'

[deadpie1234]

Sounds like your in a car listening to a realy low quality radio whilst people throw rocks at your car.

Awesome.

[GalaticTG]

this reminds me of when my grandpa put a cd on a turntable.

[Schillingsanders]

Buskul!!! Fick hem en "Webster" trådspelare från en auktion på landet just häromdagen. Fick den i stort sett för ingenting, för det var ingen som hajade vad det var för mojäng.

Var i all sin dar får du tag på skivor att spela in på?

Tjohej och bästa hälsningar!

Anders från Gotland

[hopop313]

but is the thin wire attached to?

[CheckOutMyToys]

Could you make a how to video on this? Please!

[hopop313]

It sounds beautiful. Music to my ears!

[SkitzerPoindexter]

Muppets!

Now all we need are cd turntable adapters!

[MrPonypicante]

como ases la maquina???



[MrIndieguitar]

MAHNA MAHNA!

[JamesBurkeRadio]

How did you attach the wire to the speaker diaphragm at 1:15? did you just tape it to the outer surface, or actually pierce the diaphragm?

[RubberRivet]

You trying to reverse history? ;-)

[ahz123]

well done!

[MEKON17]

bass is badass =D

[andrewesoterica]

that's some crazy surface noise haha

[themudball]

sounds like tap dancing...

[nessnes64]

BANANA BOAT DO DO DO DOO DOO

[rosemrie721]

manumunaaa do doot a doot dootLOL!!

[guitarslf132]

Ive just discoveted a way to get a 1 off, 12" single of actual viny (pvc) of any song of ur choise delivered to ur door for free!!!!

[johneymute]

huh how can you record on a cd wich is a digital media?how can the needle make groves into a cd without sliding off?for what i know when burning a cd it has smaller groves to for more data.

as litle kid i had no cd player so i wished that i could,ve play cd,s on a vynil player,but offcource that,s impossible .

[sddubstep]

very cool.

[extremehockeyfan]

sounds like it was made 100 years ago lol

[extremehockeyfan]

that is so cool! :D

[Sebastian959]

cool, but is that good for my recordplayer?

[soundspark]

@Sebastian959 Maybe not, but it looks like fun.

[TheBeschikbaarheid]

learn to search for better music first

[DJelectfire]

the crackling is caused by the original CD's recording- if you were to look at a CD (recorded or DVD under a microscope yu would see pits - the needle hits these and vibrates fast- hence the crakling sound- maybe if you tried this with blank CDs?

[SCENARIOBABY]

What i need this for? we have ipods..sorry back to reality we love vintage!

[picknick1980]

10 out of ten for effort but i dont think that you are going to be the next HMV do u

[TTKMKaizen]

My ears! :D

[guitarslf132]

so you stuck the wire to the speaker cone ???? right? and how does tis make the needle vibrate

[guitarslf132]

Could u explain the wire bit again because i cant see how puttin a peice of wire on a speaker diafram makes the nail vibrate???? Cam Anyone else plz explain?

[CassetteRookie]

Canm you show how to make a record cutter?

[Azor194]

Wow, awesome ! ;) ... but I'm still wondering what is the name of the song.

[lilbittn]

@Azor194  It's the "Mahna Mahna" song by the Muppets.

[ChazYocom]

Hey can you make me one? Cause i tried doing your steps, but it didnt work out so can you do it?

[MrCoolManTim]

Ha this is so cool, hate to think what it is doing to your stylus though :/

[wheelieblind]

i thought that CD worked from the center out?

[draugfriend]

cool :)

i love recording and replaying data by own way.

[DRNEGOLICIS]

awesome lol i thought of doing this for shits and giggles but never got around to doing it by the way whats the name of the song always wondered?

[The2010SnowDay]

Amazing Video! C

Can you please make a tutorial?

[zacmobile666]

awesome project, put that in your pipe and smoke it digital audio!

the song is manah manah btw, the video is on here somewhere.

[PyroFreaksDe]

please can u make me acd recorder ? ^^

or a tut

[nave4pres2]

Fail

[iskate4jesus13]

could you scratch on it??? like...dj scratch. that would be intresting!!!

[RetroRepair]

@iskate4jesus13 You should be able to, though as the grooves are probably quite shallow it'll probably jump all over the place ;-)

[iskate4jesus13]

thats a good point... thats a great idea!! ill have to try it!!!!

[bert91212]

@iskate4jesus13

i dont thin the groove would be deep enough unless your REALLY light handed

[mordsgaudimachen]

can you show me the plans for this?! please!

[ildur]

WOHOOO!!!

Great sound for being what it is really

I would like to make something like this myself but I would probably fail miserably. To begin with much does all stuff cost aproox?

[spngebob1237]

what was the first song that was played

[clydesight]

That is a fascinating idea! Results aren't exactly HiFi, but that you could make it work is amazing.

Isn't it ironic that CDs tried to push records out, and now you and others found a way to turn them into records again.

Turnabout is fair play, as the saying goes.

Thanks for the video!

[larstinning]

Actual (I forgot to write it!) I did make "anti-RIAA" on the signal, before recording. But I agree with you, why we are using the RIAA-curve. If I didn't use invers RIAA on the recording, the reproduction sounds a lot more "rumble" on the playback (I tried that on some of the first attempt). It was also very difficult to control the volume, without the growes was disturbing each other. I think the reason why it still is "colored", is because of the weak force/control of the cutting needle.

[vladimir88x7]

what's the name of the tune?

[Karlfalcon]

It sounds like the bass is rather overpowering. Remember that any turntable amplifier will have an RIAA curve circuit built in, so if you want the recording to sound normal during playback, you need to apply the opposite RIAA curve to your audio file. This keeps the Bass lower and the Treble higher during recording so it balances back out when you play it on a turntable. Also it keeps the groove more stable and less prone to skipping if the Bass amplitude is lowered on the disc.

[larstinning]

I wIll look forward to see your project.

The aim of my project was to make a quick construction... a recording device, that can be used and created, if you are stuck in a summerhouse, with some old CD's, alarm clock gear and an old Victrola! :-)

[LHUPA]

I'm agreably surprised that the "rough" record cutting lathe gains in popularity! It's stunning that such thing normally expensive and reserved to studios can now be build with inexpensive and anywhere available material! few months ago, I have begun one with a inkjet printer (Canon) with a "big inch" motor in wich a clockwork mechanism drives the stylus fixed to the printer head and mounted to a Lenco transcription turntable as "laquer" driver. - The project is not ended but it would be soon!

[alienmanstk]

Wow! This is great because it uses a gear motor! Now, about that motor, is it in any way connected to the record player? Or is it totally separate, an has a separate source? Also, how many rotations should the gear turn per second, to be able to cut individual grooves that dont bleed through eachother? Great jb! One thing i noticed that should make it sound louder and better, is instead of connecting such a large and long wire to the speaker, why not use a small speaker w/ a needle attached

[larstinning]

Thanks for you reply!

As it is now, the gear motor mounted on my workbench and completely separated from the record player and suspension of the record player is canceled/omitted and fixed on my workbench too. Even the power to the motor comes from another power outlet so it individual can be turned on and off. This is nice, because the wire has to wind up and be completely tensioned with the tonearm, before the turntable should be turned on.

[larstinning]

It takes the gear motor 4 minutes to make one rotation.The Ø=7 mm axel gives us a circumference of approx 22 mm. So we are dealing with approx 7 mm per minute on the disc.

Due to the uncertancy with the cutting needle, how I feed the vibrations to it and the whole wire-pully mecanism: I haven't investigated, how many rotations should the gear turn per second, to keep a high density.

[larstinning]

Due to "room acoustics", the reproduction is much better than you hear it in the video. But I totally agree with you about using a tiny speaker. Actually, I tried mounting a small speaker on top of the tonearm and then force the needle, by using a extra short thick wire. But the results was very disapointing. The results was weak and "tinny", so kept my old design. I planed to make a stainless cutting needle and making a moving coil arrangement, perhaps with electrical feedback (more later).

[MrPonypicante]

@larstinning como ases la maquina todo el cableado,, seria muy bueno saver aser algo asi!°