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Other Stuff => Archived Manufacturer Circles => Aluminati Sound => Topic started by: xsb7244 on 21 Feb 2014, 01:20 am
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I saw this turntable on another forum. I like the looks of this. Can you repeat what you said about this turntable?
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We'll post pictures and details later tonight :)
For both 1,2.
Best,
Matt and Jas
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TT~1 was a great success, the sound was inviting, it had weight (the table weighed 138lbs before it lost the bottom plinth and power/speed controller lol..) and warmth. There was many records enjoyed on it but after it was sold, i knew their would be a TT~2 but how could i make it different.
The first thing that came to me was to separate all the components in hopes to reduce distortion and noise. I knew i would have to make some kind of spacer block to line up the tonearm, since it was separated, the pivot to spindle was not fixed unless i made a spacer block but this was easy to draw up in Gibbs CAM.
So the first few drawings at the beginning.
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/photo-21.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/photo-21.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/photo3-11.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/photo3-11.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1231.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1231.jpg.html)
I started to machine and the rest came into place :)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1237_zpsad0fb8a3.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1237_zpsad0fb8a3.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1239_zpsbe598720.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1239_zpsbe598720.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1260.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1260.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1262.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1262.jpg.html)
BTW the gap between the platter and plinth was set at .010" and a piece of paper could just fit between the gap.
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1264.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1264.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/DSC01206.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/DSC01206.jpg.html)
More to come.
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At first i purchased a Rega RB303 arm and used a heavy duty Hurst motor. It works…..
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/DSC01231.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/DSC01231.jpg.html)
You can see here the spacer i made to set the correct pivot to spindle. I would place it between the plinth and tonearm column, once set i would left it out of the way.
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/DSC01228.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/DSC01228.jpg.html)
The Hurst motor was a little noisy because of it's size, so i changed it out for a much smaller motor and made a nice housing for it all. I thought a nice read and black combo would look nice :)
Towards the end, the Rega was replaced with a ClearAudio. It was sold to a forum friend.
Best,
Matt
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1856_zpsff8e1693.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1856_zpsff8e1693.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1854_zpsba23615c.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1854_zpsba23615c.jpg.html)
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/mkbenchmark/IMG_1855_zps5289ddeb.jpg) (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/mkbenchmark/media/IMG_1855_zps5289ddeb.jpg.html)