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 !