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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
mario_b
bornin50
32 posts
 
Hi Goughary,

AT1005, fits the Lenco L70 collar. Very easy fix, I even use the Lenco lift/lower.

Regards
goughary
10 posts
 
Mario_b - thanks for your reply - I actually bought a Sonus after seeing a foto on the thread - I'll try that, but I am looking for a good arm that is not a unipivot. I see you have an Ortofon on the 75 in your system - is there any other arm like that you have tried that works on the L70?

I think that after all these years and seeing so many people try this, that at this point, everything should have already been tested - There is that great chart at the Lencoland website - but it doesn't really give much info specific to the L70 - Any others?

As for the thread - I have it all saved as word files - I'll try to see if I can zip them together and if you want to email me, I'll send you a copy. I printed a lot of it and poored through a ton of the first half, but it's hundreds and hindreds of pages, so I haven't gotten through all of it - maybe someone wants to build a new website that really takes all of the information and makes it a real easy place to get and share information...
widge29
3 posts
 
Thanks Gp49,
It looks exactly the way you describe. I'm not so much concerned with the arm wiring as such... You've taken care of that, but the deck seems to have only 1 wire running from the junction to the preamp side. I'm curious to know, if I do have to rewire this, 1. what type of wiring I need for the job and 2. To what tags should they be soldered so that I actually can hear this beast play.
Thanks
widge
gjwaudio
15 posts
 
Hi Goughary

WOW... You've saved the whole enchilada ! What dedication and discipline. On behalf of those who wish they had done the same - Thank You.

I'm guessing your offer of "zip-n-send" will attract many requests from "Da Thread" people... perhaps you'd consider sending it to the Lenco-Lovers forum, to be posted for general download ? (email attachment to postmaster@lenco-lovers.com) It may save you some time.

BTW, I too have a Sonus/ Mayware type uni-pivot arm - runnning with an Ortofon VMS20E MkII (thanks again Jean for the recommendation). It sounds wonderful on my L75 - after filling the resivoir with silicone of the correct density.

Thanks again for you diligence in archiving !!
Grant
as1715
16 posts
 
Hi guys,

Thanks to Goughary and Grant, the whole "Da Thread" is downloadble at: http://www.lenco-lovers.com/forum/
It is in the "Da Thread" thread. Though it is a zip. it's quite big, so be patient when downloading ;-)
I hope this will put the word end on the whole issue ;-)
François.
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