The Inkjet Printer Record Cutter Lathe Project | The HDD cutter head - The Connector

The vinyl is back and I have always loved vinyl records! So, I have noticed enthousiast people on YouTube and other video sharing websites about record cutting lathes, record presses and all about!

On my side, I want to build some machines of my own since my youth who cuts records. Today, I have the chance to cut records with my own record cutting lathe tryout projects on CD's and evenly lacquer-like media. That's time now!...

Despite I have always liked to "patent" something with all material found in the environment especially used electric and electronic apparatuses (longtime before the evironmental e-waste crisis), I'm using computer parts and peripherals as hard disks, inkjet printers (the most useful thing for inspiring jukebox mechanisms and record cutting lathes) and evenly scanners in order to give the "green" idea to anyone who wants to try it and and indirectly help saving the planet!...

There is the presentation of the Western Digital SATA hard drive (audio connector presentation) that will be used as the first cutter head of the inkjet printer record cutting lathe project. Many other hard drives like this will succeed the first one to improve the performance of the lathe until getting full satisfaction for this unique (I think) category of artisanal record cutting lathe project in construction!

At this moment, the hard disk drive cutter head (based on the HDD speaker principle) constitutes a mono cutter head with a single coil. But sooner, if all anything goes right with no problems, a new stereo hard disk drive cutter head will be built constitued of two opposite hard disk drives face-to-face with the stylus driver arm built especially to receive the signal of the two hard drive coils (R-L) trough the hard disk drives reading arms.

The sound source will be taken from a computer, a TV or stereo, passing a RIAA curve module then set the signal output to the RIAA curve (recording) trough a stereo audio wire to the 1/8 headphone jack connector (connected mono) on the left side of the HDD cutter head.

These videos are raw without any comments, correction nor written informations!... That's a begining! As the project advances, better quality videos will be made with news and written explanations about the project's evolution until its completion! Unfortunately, I have only 32 MB of flash memory at this moment and I can only record about 10 to 30 secs of video each time!

NOTE:
The project I build is artisanal, not professional, constitued of a suite of tryouts and can be unsuccessful due to numerous technical limitations. But, it worths the trick to experiment it!


Your ideas and suggestions are welcomed! - Don't hesitate to try it!...


Have fun!

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@DoowopJohnnyBoy (Comment Part I)

Thank you for your interest in my project! Actually, the project is an experiment with a HDD transformed in a cutter head and an old inkjet printer used as turntable and lathe. The HDD arm is used as a voice coil (like HDD speaker as you know)! The sound come trough the 1/8 headphone jack on the side of the HDD to go to the coil and make the arm producing mechanical energy enough to convert the sound to energy in order to produce the groove on the CDRecord.

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@DoowopJohnnyBoy  (Comment Part II)

At this time, I need specific parts as the DC gear box motor for the motion of the cutter head and other parts for the turntable. Possibly, I will need to improve the HDD cutter head mechanism! I suggest you to see the "Tour Of The Shop LHUPATECH Feat. The Inkjet Printer Record Cutting Lathe" released this summer!...

Thanks again for your interest, Stay tuned!

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

I want to cut my own Vinyl 45's at home with my own labels aswell watched no end of vids on YouTube and been on eBay and Internet looking at homemade and proper record cutting machines trying to find how much you by them for and if they can be used as domestically as a record player itself. What would a new or second hand one fetch?