How to copy a record

[Buck_Choi]

Taken from http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/djwarehouse.com.au

here’s a great DIY method to copy a vinyl record, making a copy that you can actually play on a turntable. The German website Zeit.de had this article up in German, however it’s now unavailable, and only available via http://web.archive.org/web/20080524032035/www.zeit.de/zeit-wissen/2006/03/bildergalerie_LP?1

Here it is in it’s full form, translated into English:

Step 1

Nail together four 36.5cm-pieces of wood to create a frame and put it on a glass plate. Seal off the edges using caulking, and make sure everything is completely airtight.

Step 2

Take the record that you want to copy and put it into the box, making sure that the side that you want to copy is facing upwards. Squeeze in some caulking or insert a dowel to mark where the hole in the record is.

Step 3

Mix silicone rubber (Smooth On OOMOO 30 or OOMOO 25) for about 3 minutes..

Step 4

Pour the silicone rubber mixture into the mold. start from one corner, and fill the mold until it is about 5mm deep. Make sure the that surface is even, and let it dry overnight.

Step 5

Peel off the silicone from the cast and cut off the excess.

Step 6

Pour on some casting resin (eg Smooth On Task #4) on top of the silicone cast.

Step 7

Make sure that you don’t have anything spill over the round form. You can also brush off any air bubbles that might occur.

Step 8

Carefully loosen the plate from the silicone form. Using a drill press, bore a hole through the center of the plate (this doesn’t need to be done if you used the appropriate sized dowel).

Finished.

You can keep using the silicone form and make multiple copies. Definitely a darn fun DIY project.

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[Buck_Choi]

Some one try this and report back

[JonnyB]

photos dont work, and its not a good idea to be posting how to pirate vinyl, you may be doing it for personal purposes to get 1 extra vinyl of that track. but people could use this to mass produce it?

[Buck_Choi]

lol it was from dj warehouse.. so blame them =p if they are making it public then.. it shoouldnt be a problem .. SUE THEM! haha

[Cupe]

that's fucken dope

i'll try this when i can afford to make it.

dw i'll document (don't expect it to be soon)

[SourceRaver]

its not a good idea to be posting how to pirate vinyl, you may be doing it for personal purposes to get 1 extra vinyl of that track. but people could use this to mass produce it?

LOL!

Your concern is valid but given that an MP3 can be duplicated a gazillion times (its a word if you can say and spell it), I wouldnt worry too much about people pirating tracks this way. I doubt the quality would be very good anyway.

[Cupe]

it'd be fsloppy wouldn't it?

[JonnyB]

its not a good idea to be posting how to pirate vinyl, you may be doing it for personal purposes to get 1 extra vinyl of that track. but people could use this to mass produce it?

LOL!

Your concern is valid but given that an MP3 can be duplicated a gazillion times (its a word if you can say and spell it), I wouldnt worry too much about people pirating tracks this way. I doubt the quality would be very good anyway.

i know that man, no matter what it is though if its illegal should we be advertising it. mp3 or vinyl.

anyway ive spoken buck and he said it was taken from dj warehouse, so if anything WAS to happen, just blame shift it to them

theres no harm in being carefull sourceraver.

[FabDJ]

Should create a whole new black market in

boot markets.

[ruggs]

thats sweet.

[FabDJ]

Waiiiiiiiit a minute.

If it is a copy the pits of the original grooves would become peaks on the copy and vice versa.

It would be like playing a master if it was in a record stamping plant.

Would it still sound the same?

[tubby]

look again - you are creating the reverse image on the grey copy (ie mastrer), then reversing that again to the red, playable copy. would be interesting to hear the grey copy play tho.