OMS introduction letter and links, Sibert's answer (9 October 2026)

OMS (Lou Wullms) sent its introduction letter, filed in
docs/equipment/oms/: wet-room units with reference prices, two 4-cell
configurations (EUR 224,000 basic with two EFS2-200, EUR 311,000 advanced
with one AEFS4-250 and PLC; installation days extra), capacities of 24
and 32 shells in an 8-hour day, utilities, rooms, staffing, used
equipment, and five contacts for buying a cutting lathe. Recorded in
galvanics.md (tables, our reading: the advanced units add up to EUR
314,000, know-how transfer is left out of both totals although CNX has no
plating know-how, the basic set has no passivation unit), the exhibitor
follow-ups, vendor landscape (new section on used lathes and cutting-room
contacts, plus Lou's three websites), supplier map, roadmap items 6 and
13, total investment (basis note only, block unchanged) and the scale
people estimate. Open: forward the letter to Simona, as Lou asked.

Sibert (Ian Locke, 9 October): footprints and formal quotations when we
are ready; settle the pressing side first, hopefully with Pheenix, and
mention his recommendation if we do; impressed by the green-factory
plans (supplier feedback). Open: pass on the recommendation if Pheenix is
chosen.

CNX-01 in proplan: OMS basic and advanced added as options to D-002 with
their reference prices in THB; budget line 3 notes the OMS range.

docs/suppliers/vendor-landscape.md

@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ console, spares and service terms. At the Sillitoe list price the cutting
 room is a smaller decision than the 290k to 580k USD line in
 [total investment](../finance/total-investment.md) assumed, which makes
 it, alongside galvanics, a candidate for moving earlier than Phase 5 in
-the [roadmap](../roadmap.md).
+the [roadmap](../roadmap.md). A second-hand route exists too:
+[used lathes and cutting-room contacts](#used-lathes-and-cutting-room-contacts-via-oms).
 
 ## Lacquer cutting service: Schallplatten Schneid Technik (Germany)
 
@@ -137,6 +138,44 @@ Lacquer travels worse than nickel (production timeline), so a Frankfurt
 cut fits a European stamper service (Stamper Discs, OMS) better than
 plating in Thailand.
 
+## Used lathes and cutting-room contacts (via OMS)
+
+Lou Wullms' introduction letter (9 October 2026, filed in
+[`../equipment/oms/`](../equipment/oms/)) closes with five contacts for
+buying a cutting lathe, a second-hand route next to a new Agnew or
+Sillitoe. As the letter gives them (phone numbers and emails are in the
+letter):
+
+- **Railroad Studio Tracks** (Germany, between Cologne and Aachen; owned by
+  John Cremers, with his son Moritz Cremer in charge): selling its
+  complete cutting studio "at this very moment". The website
+  (railroad-tracks.de) did not load for checking (October 2026).
+- **Mike Papas**: sometimes has a cutting lathe for sale.
+- **Andreas Bauer**, AB Mastering (Andreas Bauer Medientechnik,
+  Tiefenbach, Germany): could help with a lathe. His site (abmastering.com,
+  checked October 2026) offers lacquer cutting on a Neumann VMS-80, master
+  checks, one-off dubplates, and help choosing a pressing plant with
+  quality control.
+- **Flo Kaufman** (flokason, Switzerland; spelling as in the letter): very
+  highly respected in the cutting world and, Lou warns, always very busy.
+  His site describes handcrafted audio gear.
+- **Martin Sukale**, Ramona Records GmbH, Hamburg, a good friend of Flo
+  Kaufman's. ramonarecords.com led to the site of Discosville, a vinyl
+  pressing plant, when checked (October 2026); confirm his current company
+  before writing.
+
+What it means: a complete used studio could put a working cutting room in
+place well before [roadmap](../roadmap.md) item 27, at a price still to be
+asked. A used lathe still needs a head, amplifiers, service and a cutting
+engineer, so compare it as a whole room, like the new systems above.
+
+Lou also recommended three sites for finding vendors and answers:
+vinyl-pressing-plants.com (directory of cutting studios, electroforming
+houses, pressing plants, brokers and machine makers), cdvdpacking.com (a
+dealer in used CD, DVD, vinyl and solar production machines; its
+categories include mastering and galvanics, and pressing lines, checked
+October 2026) and lathetrolls.com (questions on the process).
+
 ## Silvering and electroforming equipment: Plating Power / Digital Matrix (USA)
 
 [Plating Power](https://www.platingpower.com/) is the vinyl brand of Digital
@@ -166,9 +205,12 @@ who makes good equipment" and very familiar with the Asian market. A
 directory listing points OMS's website at Newbilt's equipment page, which
 announces new Newbilt electroplating equipment; whether the two are linked
 is unconfirmed. Simona and Alexander met Lou Wullms in Haarlem; he wrote
-on 7 October 2026 and Alexander has replied; material to calculate from
-follows, no
-datasheet or price on file yet. Details, company data and open questions
+on 7 October 2026 and Alexander has replied. On 9 October OMS sent an
+introduction letter with reference prices: EUR 224,000 for a basic 4-cell
+wet room (two 2-cell EFS2-200 units) and EUR 311,000 for an advanced one
+(one 4-cell AEFS4-250 with PLC), installation and water treatment extra,
+used equipment also available. For stamper finishing the letter points to
+Sibert, as Sibert pointed to OMS. Details, company data and open questions
 in [galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md).
 
 ## Stamper preparation: Sibert Instruments (UK)