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Heavy sandfilled plint/Lenco L75/Clear Audio Unify/Benz Micro Ace L finished

This Lenco L75 is my latest project.
A heavy plint made out of 1" oak with sandbags inside. A Clear Audio Unify arm and a Benz Micro ACE L Cart.
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A more detailed tread can be seen here (from page 35)
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Deadhead, the motor speed is fixed at 300 rpm. This turntable uses the same synchronous motor found in some of VPI turntable models. After I get the platter from the machine shop I measure the it's diameter. I ask the shop to only take enough material to get a nice surface finish. I use an equation to solve for the diameter for the motor pully based on the platter diameter and the fixed motor rpm. I then size the pulley diameter a few mm above my equation. The final size is a trial and error. I test the rpm with an app on my phone. I remove a little material at a time from the pulley until I get a speed that is satisfactory. Very small changes in speed can be made by the tension on the monofilament line. So the short answer is the line current frequency controls the speed with the correct pulley size. Any variations in the line frequency I haven't been able to hear.
 
Balanced Phono

This is my first board attempt with SMD components, it is a fully Balanced Phono stage, I have to improve my soldering (reflow) for the next effort. Board done on Eagle, straight to board no schematic, that s in my head and scraps of paper, it all works first time. So nice to have the boards done for me, no messing with etching acid like my previous efforts..
 

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Well yes... I bough a new MM cartridge for spare as my Shelter 501 mkII is being fixed and the MM had a bit more hum so I tried giving some more shielding. But at the same time I put a grounding wire also together/between the signal leads inside the arm, so I'm not so sure that the copper turns around the arm make much difference... I think not much, but does make the arm a bit heavier which was good in this case.
 
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Thorens 124

Gifted from a friend who's father passed away.

Refurbished with many new parts and adjusted as best as I could. Runs almost silently with a Thacker brand belt.

Schick 12 tonearm and graphite headshell.

Soundsmith Paua cartridge on the pointy end. Lovely quiet cartridge with great support from SS.

The base is two stacked granite surface plates that were waterjet cut. The top one has the full cut-out and the lower one has holes to allow the power cord, tonearm cable and the heater pads to pass through.

Longer studs are used to allow threaded aluminum discs to clamp the whole thing together. It all sits on a machinists stand with leveling screws supporting the granite.

The heating pads are positioned just under the main bearing and motor allowing the table's speed to stabilize quickly at the innards stay warm. The heating pads stay plugged in all the time.
 

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Thomas Schick did not deem anti-skate as necessary in his earlier designs but has since changed his opinion. He cannot add it to an existing arm as the casting is different evidently. I was unsure about drilling and tapping the tapered casting so I just added VPI's anti-skate device.

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I epoxied three metal discs together and drilled and tapped the center so I had a mounting for the device. It is heavy enough that the tiny anti-skate forces don't move the mounting. Schick seemed to chuckle when I sent him pictures.
 

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Reed 3P

After a year I finally finished my version of the Reed 3P. I was just having fun in the shop and thought if it played music that would be great, but it sounds surprisingly good. It really perks up the old Denon.
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Cheers; Glenn
 
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Corian Lenco

Alternative top plate and bearing. Lenco motor and idler drive.
5 layers of Corian for the plinth, 3 layers for the feet and 2 for the arm board.

Not pleased with the seams but I think its the best you can do without Corian glue. Maybe more polishing might help.

kffern
 

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