Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

Mario,
I agree, it depends what you are looking for. I know Jean well, being neighbors and having known him since grade 7.
We have spent many an afternoon at his place or mine just listening to music. He has helped me with 4 plinths, the very first pre-dates "Da thread" and it was an 80 lbs Plinth for my Technics SP10 MKII, and guess what, its direct coupled, then he built my Lenco, one of the few times I've posted here was to mention it and how pleased I was (am) with it. Just recently he built my TD124 plinth fitted with a 12" SME, simply put, it is work a of art. Lastly was the the plinth for my Summer garage sale find of a Garrard 301, That Plinth (Jean's old 301 plinth) is part of an amazing Turntable, fitted with a Morch UP-4 and a Decca Super Gold, it has Slam in all the right places. Haven't decided which Turntable I like the best, all I can say for the time being is that the 301 has been spinning for 6 weeks in the main room!! Thought it would be a good time to pipe-up and simply say that Jean has always been helpful, to me and dozens of local music lovers.
Whishing Jean a great trip, great review and safe return,
John T

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

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.

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.

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.