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Offline Reverend

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Another turntable project
« on: October 23, 2011, 07:48:35 PM »
I bought this Thorens  TD-150 MKii off of Jim about a month ago.  Very quiet motor/platter and surprisingly heavy.  i think i'm going to stick with the traditional base but add some new legs.  I added a new floating tone arm board made out of guitar pick-guard material.  I have one working Thorens tonearm but i'm not sure if i'm going to use it yet.  There was another control originally but someone removed it.  I'm thinking of sinking a bubble level in the hole.  Should be a fun project.





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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 09:21:27 PM »
Very nice Rev,  Keep us posted with lots of pics.

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 05:43:29 PM »

Ryan.

Looks good, please keep us updated

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 09:19:15 PM »
Since i'm a glutton for punishment, I thought i'd make something overly complicated.  I'be been reading about the golf ball tonearm on Well Tempered Labs TT's and thought why not.  Instead of a golf ball i'm using a ping pong ball and a piece of carbon fiber rod from a fishing rod.  The small cup that it will sit in is stainless steal and will have a black stripe painted on it to match the stripe on the on/off knob.  The piece of wood I added to the front of the table around the outer plater, will also be added to the back.  The ball will sit in some type of lubricant (not sure what yet) and be suspended, by a thin wire or thread, from the metal paddle.  Should be fun...  :laugh:




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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 04:18:36 AM »
William Firebaugh is a sick individual, I am working up to afford a well tempered turntable, my personal pick.  Good luck in your quest.
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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 04:11:23 PM »
:o    :o     :o      :o

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2011, 05:56:05 PM »
So far i've finished the tone arm and ran the wires through it.  I'm waiting on RCA jacks I ordered to come in.  Still have a bunch of woodwork to do but it's coming along.




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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2011, 06:31:59 PM »
rev - how is the arm balanced?  how will you handle anti-skate? 

this project looks great - sound like you may hav missed your calling as a surgeon. 

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2011, 09:46:44 PM »
The arm is suspended by running wire from a paddle overhead to two points that are symmetric on either side of the ball.  As you can see from the picture, the wire is wound clockwise at the top where it meets the paddle it's suspended from.  Having it wound clockwise will make it naturally return to it's starting position so anti-skating is taken care of.  I will be using a silicone lubricant for the ball to sit in and make the movement smoother.

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2011, 11:40:28 PM »
How about a Teflon ball or something super slippy like the matrial on those furniture sliders?  Interesting stuff Rev, I am intrigued with your creative skills.
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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2011, 09:46:28 AM »
Impressive.  Very impressibe.  Hope it works.

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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2011, 06:55:20 PM »
Interesting "twist" on handling anti skate.  I suppose the amount of anti skating force can be readily adjusted by varying the number of twists.  What tracking weight will you set?
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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2011, 08:04:39 PM »
Still working out what to use as the weight, working with my grado cart.  Other then that the turntable is almost done.  I still need to add some more inlay wood into the sides of the stand but should be up and running soon.






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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2011, 05:39:42 PM »
Might that old hole you so neatly covered with wood have been for an on/off switch.?
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Re: Another turntable project
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2011, 07:03:48 PM »
Might that old hole you so neatly covered with wood have been for an on/off switch.?

No, it was a lift mechanism.  The on/33/45 knob is on the left side.