[78-L] Wax! redux

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Yeah, yeah... I know... wax blank, not wax master.
Mal

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Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> This clip seems to show both how laminated records were made as well as 
> normal "biscuit pressing". One sequence shows a technician rolling out 
> the base dough and then coating it with a schlop of lacquer, but no 
> further pressing. Slightly later you can see a cube like biscuit being 
> centered in a press to be squooshed into a record.
>  I loved the part where a gent is doing the final smoothing of a wax 
> master while wearing a suit! You never, NEVER wear a tie around spinning 
> machinery unless you have a death wish.
> I would have liked to see more of the film this was clipped from.
> Mal
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> Kristjan Saag wrote:
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>> A newsreel from 1949 about production of shellac records in Germany.
>> http://www.teledb.com/4/wdsMb1pwJEw/0/0/-herstellung-einer-schellackplatte.html
>> Made from wax masters. I've heard of late use of wax masters in Britain and 
>> Sweden as well. Was there any particular reason to continue with wax almost 
>> 20 years after the introduction of acetates?
>> Kristjan 
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