Advice on building a turntable motor

[Ben Culley]

I am looking at building a turntable and i am looking for any advice you might be able to give me on building the motor drive unit.

I have a small workshop with a CNC router, lathe etc and I am quite confident in building the platform, turnable, motor housing etc but I fall down on the electronics side of things.

Where might I be able to source a reasonably priced motor preferably in Australia and is there a suitable speed controller kit that I could make for it?

Thanks for any help

[gigigirl]

Hi, Build a Lenco Hybrid by using it's motor & platter wheel pulley. Lenco turntable properly implemented produce the best sound turntable in the world. Re-view for further in on Lenco Heaven, diy site, happy building

[carolus]

Hi Ben (& Gigi).
Just some ideas & home build for the fun ....

Air bearing principle with centering à la Wel tempered & motor management à la Lenco (with micro rpm tuning) & tangential air bearing tone arm à la Terminator ....

Air bearing TT & TA 16" - My Photo Gallery

Ground noise .... near zero ....

It's music ....

Good luck

Karel

[japtim]

What about the mober kit for the LP 12
From Hong Kong
Excellent speed control

[TomWh]

Well here is as good as it gets. Look up in analogue section at DIY, the SG4 diy 4 phase sinewave generator for turntable motor drive. You will be at the top of the game.

One extra tip if you are going belt/tape/string drive make the platter heavy 30lbs and up should do the trick.

Enjoy the ride
Tom

[Lixa]

Hey Ben,

How did it go?
You can try with this CNC machining service website. I already use them for my own project. They ship worldwide and source at a reasonably priced, they maybe have CNC suppliers or will have in the future them in Australia. Not sure

I hope it helped
Lixa

[Lixa]

If you found something better let me know

Lixa