CD PRO 2 - The making of a high end CD Transport

[cocolino]

Do I love to work with aluminum.

Man, the aluminium stuff You do look really GEOURGOUS!!
Can`t wait to see this ready!!
Ever considered to do this (semi) proffessional and selling those enclosures to DIY audio folks who just don`t have the tools to do all this?
Excellent enclosures like this are absolutly not obtainable in the DIY audio market (at least I do not know a single source for something that even comes close to this).

[Peter Daniel]

Actually I do it "semi-professionaly". I am structure technician working on aircrafts.
So don't blame yourself if your work is not up to this. Working with aluminum is my main source of income.

[Nordmann]

Wow that is a great design! If I could, I would very much like to receive a 'schematic/diagram' of the cabinet you are making. I am about to buy the same cd drive from Daisy_laser, and was thinking of contacting a metal-shop to have a cabinet made for it. With your cabinet details/measurements, it would help a great deal.

Again, great work

Sture

sturebjorvig@hotmail.com

[Peter Daniel]

You might believe it or not but everything I do is without drawings (kinda like Jocko) . When I started doing that chassis I had some ideas how I wanted it but it changed along the way, depending on available materials and simplicity of construction. The base is 1/4" aluminum, the size of an average chassis. The rest is done from easily obtained aluminum extrusions (from Home Depot), already anodized, L type and 1.5 x 1.5" in size.
I might postt some drawing when I finish.

[tiroth]

Beautiful work.

[Apogee]

You know, I hadn't thought of that each time of bought/looked at the metal stock at Depot...

Are you saying that all of the Al that Depot and Lowes carries in those little bins is clear anodized???? Is this why the price is so high????

What's the easiest way to tell if something's got clear anodize on it????

Thx,

Steve

PS - The chassis looks stunning so far (as usual)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Peter Daniel]

Anodized aluminum has a different shine, it's more matte and doesn't have all those small scratches that "raw" aluminum has.
If you unsure bring a meter and check for conductivity. Anodized stock is not conductive.
In some instances it's convenient to use all those anodized angles that building suppliers carry.

[gilid]

Originally posted by HPotter
I carved out the base for the transport (or should I say core?). It's made of some kind of composite material I bought surplus and is quite heavy.

HP, the material looks like phenolic laminate. A very dense, intert rigid material. I once built a pair of subwoofers with a phenolic laminate front baffle. The stuff gives off a foul odour when cut or machined.

Good work!

[yves]

Yeah,
More, more, more...... a feast for the eyes
(wiping the drool off the keyboard)

yv

[Peter Daniel]

Originally posted by yves
Yeah,
More, more, more...... a feast for the eyes


yv

Since you asked I couldn't resist. While it's a bit off the subject it's still a feast. I was thinking about calling those amps Twin Towers but I don't know if it's appropriate in the light of recent events.