DIY Turntable Plinth

deafbykhorns
deafbykhorns Posts: 150
edited May 2014 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
My new DiY table

5 layers Baltic Birch (not the Home Depot garbage)
2 layers Corian
Corian armboard
Custom cover

Highly modified SP-15 with ruby bearings
Graham phantom arm
Dynavector XV-1s
Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,007
    edited May 2014
    Nice. I made an armboard for a Denon DP72L out of Corian, by happenstance really, but it was great to work with and looks good also.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited May 2014
    Very nice work
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited May 2014
    must be a dynamically balanced arm... even plays upside-down.

    ;-)

    In all seriousness; sounds like (and looks like) a nice base. The SP-15 is a nice piece of hardware.
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  • deafbykhorns
    deafbykhorns Posts: 150
    edited May 2014
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    must be a dynamically balanced arm... even plays upside-down.

    For some reason, pictures turn upside down on my Ipad, they are right side up when I upload....
    Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
    Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited May 2014
    Perhaps Apple's sourcing parts from south of the Equator? ;-)
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,093
    edited May 2014
    So is this a wood base you made? Any better pictures?
    HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited May 2014
    deafbykhorns wrote: »
    For some reason, pictures turn upside down on my Ipad, they are right side up when I upload....

    The really interesting part is that when I look at this thread on my iPhone, the picture is right side up. But when I look at it on a browser on my PC, it is upside down.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,093
    edited May 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    The really interesting part is that when I look at this thread on my iPhone, the picture is right side up. But when I look at it on a browser on my PC, it is upside down.

    Yea I see it upside down which is why I asked about more pictures.
    HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

    Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's

    Additional projects: RTA 12c's
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  • deafbykhorns
    deafbykhorns Posts: 150
    edited May 2014
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Perhaps Apple's sourcing parts from south of the Equator? ;-)

    Or China....
    I'll take some pictures this afternoon when I have some natural light in the room
    Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
    Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited May 2014
    deafbykhorns wrote: »
    ....natural light in the room

    I prefer Dos Equis
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    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
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  • deafbykhorns
    deafbykhorns Posts: 150
    edited May 2014
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    I prefer Dos Equis

    May be be why the picture is upside down........
    Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
    Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited May 2014
    deafbykhorns wrote: »
    Or China....
    I'll take some pictures this afternoon when I have some natural light in the room
    In all seriousness (this time) - since the intrinsic quality of the photo should be fine from an iPad, if you have one set up, you might want to invest the extra effort to upload your photo to a hosting service (Picassa/Google, Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) and hotlink that image. That should work -- or if worse comes to worst, the photo-hosting sites usually have provisions to rotate an image if it's not "right".

    13108758304_e04d5b5cea_b.jpgR-O-K noflash by mhardy6647, on Flickr

    (my little Rek-O-Kut project)
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  • deafbykhorns
    deafbykhorns Posts: 150
    edited May 2014
    Hows this, I have a photobucket account....

    Notice the corian turntable platter.
    I also cut a couple delrin platters as well but like the corian the best.


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    Main System- Scratch built 2A3 , Lightspeed preamp, Technics SP15/Graham/XV1s,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Sonos ZP90, Yamaha Aventage for surround
    Office System- Adcom GTP500, Bedini 45/45,Lexicon RT-20,Enlightened Audio DAC, Polk SDA2.3TL, Northcreek Borealis
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited May 2014
    NICE plinth. Seriously nice.
    Thanks for persevering and posting more photos!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2014
    Looks good!
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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