better wood for a plinth

I built a tiger maple plinth for my table. I used Herbies washer between the plinth and the turntable chassis. The washers are in each corner. This combination works very well. I would recommend the washers, regardless of which type of wood you decide to use.

@orionpcgames Oak is loaded with tannic acid. It will turn any steel it comes in contact with black. You can use it but you want to make sure you put a protective layer of felt between the wood and the turntable. You would want to use quarter sawn oak if you can as it will not warp with changes in humidity. In this regard South American Mahogany is the best. It is pretty wood that is very stable. It is also available in 12/4 and widths up to 20 inches.

The 301 and 401's chassis are aluminum.

The Link will offer very valuable information, this is the best place to start to draw from to start to select a shortlist of Materials.

For the record, MU 25 when used on a Plinth for a DD TT and the experiences being had, were comparing MU25 to alternative wood designs, did not show MU 25 as being 'much' improved over Marine Plywood. MU 25 as a engineered wood design is the better choice in place of Marine Plywood, but falls way short when compared against some of the other available engineered wood designs.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/one-turntable-with-two-arms-or-two-turntables-with-one-each-which-wo

For my SP10 I went the CLS way trying to follow the pathway of Jean Nantais. I used a core of MDF wrapped in a layer of 1/2 acrylic bonded with a flexible adhesive, then sandwiched with a Baltic birch plywood, and wrapped in a mahogany veneer. Was a very good plinth and an excellent table. One I should have kept.