New Toy, I made it myself :)

[g8ina]

Yayyy, it's finished ....

I've been working on this for several weeks, possibly a total of 50 hours work throughout its various stages. The oak chopping board is now a real nice turntable. Just got to apply a final wax coat and that's it.

To summarise :

* Motor, switching, feet, lid and spindle/bearing from a broken Pro-Ject Essential I, reworked with mount tags inverted for correct positioning.
* Platter is a 25mm thick MDF precision machined disc, with a nice accurately drilled centre hole.
* Arm is a broken (and mended) Rega RB300, rewired with silver Litz wire and new gold end tags. Terminated in a small ABS box with twin phono sockets and earth tag.
* Cart is a new AT91
* Baseboard is a 45x35x4 cm solid oak chopping board.

Phew, I need a holiday.

Listening to my standard LP - Jacques Loussier, Best of Play Bach, everything is now really solid, quite a marked difference to the old MDF baseboard.

Total cost, excluding time, but including all new tools, drills wire, components etc : £115, but not important, I'm keeping this beauty I'm rather proud of my efforts !

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Brilliant!!

[Zak33]

you are one clever git aren't you?

looks lovely.. i assume it sounds ok too :-)

[g8ina]

It sounds rather like the old Manticore Mantra I refurbed last year, I was thinking about redoing the baseboard with marble or granite but it aint broke so I aint fixin it

DSOTM, new 180g vinyl sounds amazing, esp the vocal solo by Clare Torrey The double bass on Jacques Loussier's Play bach is so solid and "in the room", no more wooly bass

[Hoonigan]

Very nice, but that chopping board ain't "Solid Oak".

[g8ina]

Pedant, its bits of solid oak glued together, its as solid as it needs to be

[Hoonigan]

No, I don't think it's Oak at all. The grain is far too wide.

[Millennium]

I'm very jealous right now. I don't wanna spend on vinyl, but I've heard my speakers with vinyl, and there was no denying it was better. No idea what setup that was, though.

[g8ina]

No, I don't think it's Oak at all. The grain is far too wide.

ahhhh OK, Im with you now, what do you think it is then ?? I was told it was oak.

[Hoonigan]

I'd suspect a type of Cherry wood, but not 100%. Sorry I can't help further, though I'm sure there's someone here who can identify it

[Biscuit]

I'd suspect a type of Cherry wood, but not 100%. Sorry I can't help further, though I'm sure there's someone here who can identify it

haha... should probably highlight you used to work in a wood yard so people dont think you're just a douchebag!

Great project G8ina, love it.

[Saracen]

Just wait 'til Mrs g8ina discovers her favourite chopping board is mysteriously missing.

[Zak33]

looks like rubber wood....

its a lovely wood for chopping boards.. and prolly for turntables
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ru...w=1680&bih=886

[g8ina]

Just wait 'til Mrs g8ina discovers her favourite chopping board is mysteriously missing.

It was bought specifically for purpose, ie, my purpose

[Saracen]

Riiiight!

[g8ina]

Yes, really

Was at car boot sale, two blokes who make kitchen units sell off their offcuts all nice and tidied up as chopping boards. This one was EXACTLY the right size for my TT transplant Cost a fiver

Made the TT sound like a 300 quid job.