ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LATHE-CUTTERS IN THE UK!
We are pleased to announce that we are the sole official UK supplier of My Shank products
[I can already vouch for this fantastic product… cleanest sounding lathe cut ever!]
—Colin Herrick (Time Released Sound): Elska, Dancing Alone.
As you will already be aware, My Shank have spent 4+ years, and considerable financial investment, into developing a new type of blank for diamond cutting. Essentially these are pressed blank records with the same shape/profile of a pressed record; where they differ is that the plastics used are bespoke and therefore suitable for diamond cutting. They are not just blank records sourced from a pressing plant; they are not injection moulded PET. They lie flat and have an exceptionally smooth surface. We are routinely getting 150+ hours from a stylus.
My Shank have built their own pressing plant, which runs on renewable energy. The plastics used are recycled. The pigments are organic.
This is an exciting new era for the lathe-cutting industry.
The new generation of pressed blanks are available in 7″, 10″ and 12”. We also stock some of the old generation blanks (cut from sheets) in all formats.
Styli: we are also handling all sales and resharpening of styli. My Shank supply and resharpen styli for some of the biggest disc mastering studio’s in the world, including Bernie Grundman, and have been making styli since 2010. You can learn more about the My Shank operation and the critical importance of professional styli on our IG post here.
Other items and hardware: vacuum platter for the T560; suction pump; test record; stylus adjustment tool; Dashpot – a significant upgrade for the T560 – unlike the stock dashpot on the T560, the My Shank dashpot is mounted vertically and decoupled from the spring. The spring handles the vertical load (weight), while the dashpot provides damping only. The internal fluid flow is also adjustable. All of this enhances groove accuracy, improves signal-to-noise ratio, and supports more stable vertical modulation; resulting in quieter records, more stable cuts, cleaner transients, and more defined dynamics.
ENQUIRIES + ORDERING: please email → blanks@bladudflies.com we look forward to hearing from you!
Vacuum platter for your T560. Fits on any turntable. Size selector 12/10/7. 4kg. Levelling screw on 3 points. 18mm height. Suction pressure is adjustable. Works on the same air pump as your lathe. Includes all tubes and accessories: air connectors, tubes, new lid jar, etc.,
Dashpot for T560. Upgrade your Vinyl Recorder with this custom-engineered dashpot, designed to dramatically improve cutting stability and groove precision.
By minimising mechanical feedback and stylus bounce, this dashpot enhances groove accuracy, improves signal-to-noise ratio, and supports more stable vertical modulation— especially critical when cutting bass-heavy or complex material. By absorbing unwanted vertical vibrations, it ensures smoother tracking, cleaner modulation, and a noticeably quieter groove, even at higher volumes.
Precision-calibrated fluid piston for finely adjustable damping, allowing you to perfectly adapt it to your cutting head’s characteristics.
Introducing the cutting stylus – the unsung hero of our craft where the foundation of excellence rest on the quality of the groove. My Shank operate at the precision of 0.1 degree tolerance for the angle, and size precision of 100 nanometer steps. This precision is absolutely critical because My Shank are making DMM tools for many pressing plants.
Used by the likes of Bernie Grundman and Josh Bonati. My Shank are bringing the quality and standards of the professional disc mastering industry to us, and we bring them to our work and to the UK lathe-cutting industry.