Producing a lathe cut is the first (physical) step of many of pressing vinyl.

This isn’t targeting consumers, or even record stores, but record pressing plants.

This is kind of a big deal because this sort of fundamental equipment hasn’t been available new for decades. The vast majority of plants/mastering facilities are using old Scully lathes from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Those are getting ever older and harder to source parts for, and with the vinyl boom the number of pressing plants is actually going up.