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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
147 posts
 

Of course, one could also dispense with the Lazy Susan altogether and just plop this whole affair atop a VPI Scout and move to a new reality in crushing a belt drive.
johnnantais
621 posts
 
Beautiful plinth Oregon, lucky friend to have you building an entire and Priceless Mighty Lenco for him!! If he doesn't appreciate it, send him over and I'll kick his ass ;-).

Hi Mario, boy that is some project you have on the go!! Grease is the word. Apply wads and wads of ugly, drippy, gooey grease until it runs out and plops on the floor in smelly unsightly piles. Then clean up the mess and leave it alone. This will reduce chatter considerably. Also, the more ball bearings there are, the greater the potential (and reality) of chatter, so I would also advise you to reduce the number to the barest minimum for safety, stability and functioning, if this is possible. I think that even with all this you will lose some focus and dynamics (micro and macro), but perhaps, given you have a lazy susan, you can make this up by making the plinth especially HUuuuuUuuGE!!

I just scored a Fidelity Research FRT-5 phono transformer with 3 inputs (2 MC and 1 MM which simply bypasses the transformer), which means that with it and my Sony TAE-5450 I can run 5 (!!!!!) tonearm/cartridge combos into my SP-8, 3 of those direct into the SP-8's excellent phono input!! Yippeeee!!!!! At the moment the best I can do is 4, which means I'd better start on a new plinth for the Garrard!! Maaaadnnneeessss....:-)!!
holtyhelen
10 posts
 
Just got myself a Rega RB300 arm...time to see if I can find the nice piece of purpleheart I got about 18 months ago and get making an armboard...
oregon
811 posts
 
Mario,
The sides are one piece of Maple. With a table saw, I simply cut a VERY shallow slit and placed some inlay. This is top secret, so don't tell anybody! The sky is the limit with the inlay. Plenty to choose from.

Jean,
A true compliment coming from the Master himself.
I will take you up "if he doesn't appreciate it..." I plan to post a photo of his ugly mug, his name and his address. We can all go over and ...
While we're at it, we'll relieve him of his fine album collection too!
mgreene
107 posts
 
That's hilarious Mario - just plop the whole thing down on a VPI :) I concur with Jean's answers above - however you might consider putting the lazy susan under an intermediate base which seperates it from the Lenco itself.

Now to coriolis effect - have you considered putting the TT in the middle of the room and beaming yourself to the arm you wish to use?
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