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GrahamD
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Posted: 22 Mar 2015 at 4:11am |
My hobby is restoring classic turntables and occasionally building one-off custom made turntables.
This is my latest project being built to order and will be sent all the way to the UK. ( Talk about sending coals to Newcastle ! ) The main mechanical components are from several donor turntables including the platter and bearing, DC motor, and Jelco tonearm. The handmade plinth is from 2 layers of finger jointed Beech separated by soft rubber pads. The motor is attached to the bottom layer while the platter bearing and tonearm are attached to the top layer. This way any motor vibration is prevented from being felt by the platter, tonearm and cartridge. It is a non-suspended design but does have shock absorbing feet to help with isolation from vibration. Cheers Graham. |
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ICL1P
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Very nice! What were the donor TTs?
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Ifor
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morris_minor
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That does look good, Graham . . .
Do you ever work with Japanese direct drive motors?
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Bob
Majestic DAC/pre-amp Accession MC/Enigma, Accession MM, Reflex M, Elevator EXP, Era Gold V Solo ULDE, Novo, Lautus USB and digital, Libran balanced, CuSat50 2 x Proprius + Spatia/Spatia Links |
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DaveG
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That looks really nice
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Dave
Michell Gorbe + HR PSU -> Cadenza Bronze -> SME V -> Elevator -> Accession -> Proprius -> B&W CM6 s2 | Cusat 50 & Spatia cables -> |
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Fatmangolf
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If it sounds as good as it looks you must be delighted all round.
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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GrahamD
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The tonearm was from an Ariston Q Deck and the platter,bearing and motor were from a belt drive Technics. Cheers Graham |
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GrahamD
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I've rebuilt a couple of Technics SL1200 turntables but must admit the motors on both were fine so didn't need any attention. Just lubed the bearings. Cheers Graham |
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