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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
mario_b OP
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Wow Mosin! That’s the absolute tops of any homebrew turntable I’ve ever seen anywhere. And you accomplished this without a basement full of Chinese illegals? Absolutely stunning production quality (and I mean high-end production quality) in this build!

Thanks for sharing this Mosin, and more importantly, thanks for sucking it in and turning the corner with this courageous give-back.

One question…. what is that IC next to the power connect?

All best,
Mario
lewm
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Mosin, That's beautiful, as you appear to have been told already. Can you reveal any details regarding the internal construction? In other words, how did you go about building an idler from scratch? What is the platter made of, etc? Do you have more photos?

By the way, I am sure that Jean will appreciate your efforts as much as anyone else here.
ronnie_ericsson
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I just want post #500 :)

Perhaps I can say something Lenco related...
I'm fiddling with a Kenwood KA 7300 which has two phono inputs. Perhaps today I'll spin some rekkids on the Technics, and maybe gather the gumption to put Mayware back on Lenco-on-stilts.
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gadfly
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the production quality of Mosin's table defies and challenges the DIY. For anyone to be able to do that themselves they would need to reach beyond merely dropping an already produced table into a glued together plinth.

I am working on my idler project and am humbled by the work Mosin has done. He has really done it himself rather than drop in plug and played.
lewm
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I agree that Mosin's work is cosmetically the best I've seen, and it seems that he has used a unique platter, which perhaps he made himself or had custom-made for him, but I would sure like to know more about the innards. Mosin, can you supply some more photos or at least a verbal description of the inner workings?
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