For $900 you can not get anywhere near the quality of a Teres, unless you build a Lenco. Since the bearing is the key component that everything else is "riding" on, why would you want to get the cheaps there?
Now, having said that, I do have a bearing design that I have not tried yet. I think it would be very comparable to the Teres bearing, as it is a similar design. The only reason I have not tried it is I'm having a hard time finding a machinist to turn it for me. The guy who designed it had it made for $200. If you live in an area with a decent machine shop, you might want to give it a shot. I'd be happy to email the drawings to you. But still, unless you do the Lenco project, it's hard to do it for $900.
So, If I were you, I'd spend several days reading this thread: [url=http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1075644493&read&3&4&]Lenco[/url]before I did anything. If this thread was here when I built mine, I might have gone in a totally different direction.
Now, having said that, I do have a bearing design that I have not tried yet. I think it would be very comparable to the Teres bearing, as it is a similar design. The only reason I have not tried it is I'm having a hard time finding a machinist to turn it for me. The guy who designed it had it made for $200. If you live in an area with a decent machine shop, you might want to give it a shot. I'd be happy to email the drawings to you. But still, unless you do the Lenco project, it's hard to do it for $900.
So, If I were you, I'd spend several days reading this thread: [url=http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1075644493&read&3&4&]Lenco[/url]before I did anything. If this thread was here when I built mine, I might have gone in a totally different direction.