The End is near, DIY turntable.

plysch · 31st March 2005, 05:42 AM

I´ve been working on a TT for quite a while now, and soon she´s about to see the light of the day. The only thing that remains is the base for the tonearm, it lacks the paint so it´s not far away. The motorunit to be used is bought from Teres Audio, the arm is an airbearing Loedegaard, some pics of her, almost finished.....

Bearing mounted in subchassi, placed in sand & leadshotmix.

Topplate is lexan painted from "inside".

The plate is made of birch, leadfilled & oiled.

The "thing" that´s still missing.

analog_sa · 31st March 2005, 06:12 AM

Stunning stuff!

It's quite interesting that you've chosen the 'older' plinth design rather than the tear-drop-swivel armboard. Any particular reason?
What is the armboard material?

And most importantly: how on Earth did you make this gorgeous platter?

plysch · 31st March 2005, 06:50 AM

I choosed this design because I wanted a rectangular base rather than the teardropshape.
And I think it´s easier to get it well damped and more rigid.
The armbase is made of MDF, and will look much like the Terestype. Onto it I will place the airslider.
About the platter: I cut massive longdried birch into 28x28mm ribs, glued them together
to 3 "sheets". Cut each of the sheets to round shape and put them in a don´t know the english
word, a spinning machine & worked them down to 320mm dia. Then I glued the bottom and centersection together
& made a cut near the outerlimit in the centerpiece of about 30X30mm & filled it with leadshots.
Finally glued the topplate on to it and sanded like h**l. The finnish is a type of oil, don´t know the english name,
mixed with 50% tepentine. I did that until the wood was "fed", and didn´t absorb anymore (about 1 litre). Finally I
wetsanded the plate with only oil and 1200 paper.
I have had the platter in my listeningroom for about 1 year, just to be sure that the wood is´nt moving. I could feel some joints after a while, but they were easily sanded off. Now it´s very smooth.

Miniwatt · 31st March 2005, 07:09 AM

You rule......

peterr · 1st April 2005, 11:10 AM

It looks great!
I am very curious to see the finished Ladegaard as well!

Bas Horneman · 1st April 2005, 11:21 AM

Quote:

You rule......

Yeah! Awesome dude! You ROCK!

Seriously...I love posts like that...leaving it to settle for a year and sanding again...feeding it lovingly with oil until it was hungry no more...aaah..

I've gotta build something like that before I die!

Miniwatt · 1st April 2005, 02:18 PM

Quote:

I've gotta build something like that before I die

Errrrr, how about your Bix, Bas?????

Bas Horneman · 1st April 2005, 02:32 PM

Err...the BIX sounds wonderful....incredibly quiet.....but I just assembled it...

and did not build it...and ofcourse since I'm dealer for the Netherlands...I can't really push it here...

But I still would love to build a platter like that

seppstefano · 1st April 2005, 02:58 PM

Really nice! More and more stunning were your description of your making process.

It's real that good things requires time (a thing not so widespread in nowadays way-of-thinking), even if a lot of time doesn't necessarily implies to get such nice results!

Congrat!

Stefano (struggling to end its own TT)

plysch · 17th April 2005, 08:52 PM

Now she´s playing, I´ve only been able to listen to her for a short time tonight, because of the bedtime for my daughter.
But it was highquality time, I´m just sitting here with a silly smile on my face, it was excellent. Waiting for tomorrow.

Some pictures of the final result:

31st March 2005, 05:42 AM	#1
plysch diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Västergrängsjö	The End is near, DIY turntable. I´ve been working on a TT for quite a while now, and soon she´s about to see the light of the day. The only thing that remains is the base for the tonearm, it lacks the paint so it´s not far away. The motorunit to be used is bought from Teres Audio, the arm is an airbearing Loedegaard, some pics of her, almost finished..... Bearing mounted in subchassi, placed in sand & leadshotmix. Topplate is lexan painted from "inside". The plate is made of birch, leadfilled & oiled. The "thing" that´s still missing.

1st April 2005, 11:10 AM	#5
peterr diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Amsterdam	It looks great! I am very curious to see the finished Ladegaard as well! __________________ Keep an open mind. It helps. Peter

1st April 2005, 02:32 PM	#8
Bas Horneman diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The Netherlands Blog Entries: 18	Err...the BIX sounds wonderful....incredibly quiet.....but I just assembled it... and did not build it...and ofcourse since I'm dealer for the Netherlands...I can't really push it here... But I still would love to build a platter like that __________________ Boatanchor amps forum My "adventures" in audio

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31st March 2005, 06:12 AM	#2
analog_sa diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sofia	Stunning stuff! It's quite interesting that you've chosen the 'older' plinth design rather than the tear-drop-swivel armboard. Any particular reason? What is the armboard material? And most importantly: how on Earth did you make this gorgeous platter?

31st March 2005, 06:50 AM	#3
plysch diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Västergrängsjö	I choosed this design because I wanted a rectangular base rather than the teardropshape. And I think it´s easier to get it well damped and more rigid. The armbase is made of MDF, and will look much like the Terestype. Onto it I will place the airslider. About the platter: I cut massive longdried birch into 28x28mm ribs, glued them together to 3 "sheets". Cut each of the sheets to round shape and put them in a don´t know the english word, a spinning machine & worked them down to 320mm dia. Then I glued the bottom and centersection together & made a cut near the outerlimit in the centerpiece of about 30X30mm & filled it with leadshots. Finally glued the topplate on to it and sanded like h**l. The finnish is a type of oil, don´t know the english name, mixed with 50% tepentine. I did that until the wood was "fed", and didn´t absorb anymore (about 1 litre). Finally I wetsanded the plate with only oil and 1200 paper. I have had the platter in my listeningroom for about 1 year, just to be sure that the wood is´nt moving. I could feel some joints after a while, but they were easily sanded off. Now it´s very smooth.

31st March 2005, 07:09 AM	#4
Miniwatt diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Den Haag	You rule......

1st April 2005, 02:58 PM	#9
seppstefano diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Italy, Genova	Really nice! More and more stunning were your description of your making process. It's real that good things requires time (a thing not so widespread in nowadays way-of-thinking), even if a lot of time doesn't necessarily implies to get such nice results! Congrat! Stefano (struggling to end its own TT)

17th April 2005, 08:52 PM	#10
plysch diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Västergrängsjö	Now she´s playing, I´ve only been able to listen to her for a short time tonight, because of the bedtime for my daughter. But it was highquality time, I´m just sitting here with a silly smile on my face, it was excellent. Waiting for tomorrow. Some pictures of the final result:

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