willbewill
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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Nice mod Jean. The only thought I had was that if for some reason the 'bag' of pennies starts to swing it could affect speed stability - possibly use a more solid weight and suspend it in something to 'damp' it e.g. silicone fluid? | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi JeanGood to hear from you again and that your Lenco story carries on even when you're not here.regardsmalcolm | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II We're all still alive but in Lenco Heaven - now that seems a contradiction... | |
| Remove paint from Rega tonearm? A quote fromAudio Mods might help:"Unless you intend to carry out other mods to the arm tube, removing the paint will make it sound far worse than standard.There is no sonic advantage in polishing the arm tube. It just looks nice."Seeing what Jeff... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi MarioNot sure we can generalise with any of these 'stone' materials - there are many types of slate with differing qualities, the same can be said for: limestone (probably more so),sandstone, granites, marbles etc. As concrete (I assume this is... | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? I might be showing my stupidity but surely steam shouldn't carry any of the solids out of the steamer - they should stay in the steam just as a kettle in a hard water area furs up? | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Hi SondaleI'm in UK (Wales) and caught up with this thread yesterday. Then I happened to be in a Lidl store yesterday afternoon and they had handheld steamers like those described for £15.00. Bought one but haven't tried it yet. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Ceramic bearing and total bearing overhaul kit can be obtained from Joel - take a look in Fleamarket at Lenco Lovers Forum for "Joel's platter bearing kit".http://tinyurl.com/23gjgv | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi EasytuneI believe Jean built one like this back in the idler wheel dark ages. I'm sure he will give you details soon. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Yes, I'm looking forward to building a plinth for it soon. A bit of a story to the deck as well - it was owned by the British Ambassador to Hong Kong in the 50s and in fact travelled there and back, he used the deck until quite recently and now vi... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi Everybody, especially Jean - I'm back and have just picked up a new baby, well not so new it was born in 1957. Take a look at it here. | |
| What tt 's have you sold after getting a Lenco? A couple of STD 305 (m & d) - remember these were the decks which beat the LP12 (both in the press and my experience). | |
| Herbie's fantastical mat vs anyGiven Spotmat Glad you are enjoying my Spotmat design. | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Pat - only just caught up with this thread (I spend too much time with the Lenco-ers). What an uplift it has given me to read there are a lot of great, caring human beings out there (especially after what has happened here in UK over the last week... | |
| A difficult LP reproduction question Another deck, unfortunately more rare (particularly outside UK) that would be excellent for 78rpm replay is the Strathclyde Transcription Developments Ltd STD305D. This, sadly no longer available, deck is belt drive (using a DC motor) and has an e... |