Custom plinth

I'm a fan on mahogany. I used to own a fair number of pieces of old English furniture covered in that wood. One of my Gretsch drumsets is finished in old-growth Brazilian walnut, no longer available.

I’m with mijostyn on this. Veneer is not worth the effort. My ply has a 1/3" slab of solid walnut on top and the sides are 1/2" solid maple.

I am not a fan of veneer as thin as that used on the project. However Veneer has been used for 150 yrs that I know of. I’m sure longer, but I’ve never researched it. The difference is thickness. Apparently , you have veneer on your TT also. Its just thicker. BTW, I bet your veneer also comes together at the corners.

If properly cared for, this plinth will last a long time...maybe as long as solid wood. he guarded it well with a good finish which has some thickness to it. Polyurethane is a great finish for veneer.

I'm with mijostyn on this. Veneer is not worth the effort. My ply has a 1/3" slab of solid walnut on top and the sides are 1/2" solid maple.

I don't see how the roundover edge through the veneer, on top of the plinth, doesn't expose the plywood?

The top veneer is applied over the edge of the  edge veneer. Therefore the top veneer is protruding past the frame plywood by whatever the thickness of the veneer is i.e. 1/32nd

@brunomarcs: Yes, the staint hat is applied to the wood veneer is also applied to the exposed edge of the Birch ply. Since that edge is so small, the lack of grain is not noticeable.

I don't see how the roundover edge through the veneer, on top of the plinth, doesn't expose the plywood? Or is the stain hiding it? I think it's a nice job he's done and folks are still complaining in the comments. I guess that's life on the web. 

Incredible! Love the Festool's, I make do with my Bosch ;-) .

When Art Dudley made a plinth for his Thorens TD-124, he used multiple pieces of Baltic Birch ply, but then didn't veneer, leaving the exposed Birch layers (13 per sheet, a stack of 6 pieces then having 78 layers!) visible. I, perhaps owing to my Scandinavian lineage, prefer that look to finished hardwood veneer. 

It may look nice initially but that will not last long. You never want to bring a veneer out to 90 degree corners. It is too easy to damage. You use solid wood edges. But, this is more difficult and expensive to do and I guess Garrard owners do not want to pay for that. 

 As a functional turntable plinth it fails completely. It does nothing to isolate the turntable from the environment. But, it makes a lot of money on $300 worth of materials. So, I suppose it is not a bad way of making a living. I would be ashamed if my shop looked that messy and I could never build a veneered item like that. Slapping veneer on like Formica is not my style, but neither do I spend my time making turntable plinths for a living. 

Towards the end you see he has done it before. 😊

Now that's one f...ing beautiful table! Expensive but worth the price given the hours it takes to hand make it......IMHO.