Teres still in Limbo

JohnR · « **on:** 1 May 2004, 07:08 am »

I wish I'd spent the extra to buy the base from Chris when I had the chance. My project is going nowhere

Rocket · « **Reply #1 on:** 1 May 2004, 09:15 am »

Hi John,

With the aussie $$ having a bit of a resurgence would it be too expensive to have a base shipped over from the states?

regards

rod

tianguis · « **Reply #2 on:** 1 May 2004, 07:24 pm »

it looks like you're ready to spin! Why not give it a whirl just the way it sits? Who needs tung oil, anyway!

JoshK · « **Reply #3 on:** 1 May 2004, 07:34 pm »

What part are you having difficulties with?

JohnR · « **Reply #4 on:** 2 May 2004, 12:35 am »

Oh, I don't have that base anymore

Left it behind when I moved from the US. Not sure why, it was a pretty stressful time.

Need to try again. Maybe I will go breadboard shopping next weekend

Malcolm Fear · « **Reply #5 on:** 2 May 2004, 11:20 pm »

Hi John
Why don't you purchase another base from Teres, without the lead shot.
You can then fill it yourself. It will save a bit in postage. I enquired at a gunshop. You can buy lead shot for about $30 for a 10 kilo tin. I had a look at the rosewood base. It does look incredible, and appears the best value for money.

JoshK · « **Reply #6 on:** 2 May 2004, 11:32 pm »

Very good idea from Malcolm. I bought the unfilled platter from Chris with the intentions of having it filled later. There is a shop here in the city that does laser work on acrylics and such and it was relatively inexpensive. I have a bunch of shot. It is certainly better than shipping a 40lb platter or umpteen hundred pound base overseas.

tianguis · « **Reply #7 on:** 3 May 2004, 02:24 am »

Josh:
Did you have a blank acrylic platter machined? I'm in NYC and am interested.

Regards,
Larry Welsh

JoshK · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 May 2004, 02:23 pm »

No I didn't have it machined, I bought it from Chris, along with the motor and bearing. I built the base myself, which wasn't that difficult really, and certainly a lot of fun.

Right now, the motor is driving me nutz! It is so finicky and constantly loses its lock on speed part way through a side. I have already had to sent it in to get fixed once. I am going to do a little more tweaking when I move and get the battery option, if that doesn't improve on stability and ease of play then I am going to sell the motor and get some other type of motor, such as a Galibier motor.

nrenter · « **Reply #9 on:** 4 Jun 2004, 07:20 pm »

Josh,

Make sure that the IR sensor is set exactly to the height specified by the supplied jig. A fraction of a millimeter too high will cause the symptoms you are having.

I chose not to superglue my sensor in place, so a bit of slippage is common. I began to have the same thing happen to me. After resetting the sensor, the problem cleared itself up.

Nicholas Renter

Wayne1 · « **Reply #10 on:** 5 Aug 2004, 02:39 pm »

Hey JohnR!!!

Check this out Teres Scratch and Dent Sale

Chris is selling Acrylic Bases for $50.00 US.!!! That might even make it worth it to ship down under.

Cheers,
Wayne

JohnR · « **Reply #11 on:** 5 Aug 2004, 02:49 pm »

Awesome, just sent Chris an email

mgalusha · « **Reply #12 on:** 5 Aug 2004, 07:23 pm »

I sent him one as well. Hopefully he'll still have some.

JohnR · « **Reply #13 on:** 9 Aug 2004, 12:07 pm »

All gone

mgalusha · « **Reply #14 on:** 9 Aug 2004, 04:16 pm »

Yeah, that's the email I received last night as well. Guess it's time to fire up the jointer and build one.

shokunin · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Aug 2004, 02:23 am »

Quote from: mgalusha

Yeah, that's the email I received last night as well. Guess it's time to fire up the jointer and build one.

My thoughts exactly, get some jatoba & cocobolo, joint, plane, cut and epoxy the pieces together! Get some good dust protection as cocobolo can be a bit tough on the sinuses.

mgalusha · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Aug 2004, 03:54 am »

My wife bought me a fancy new respirator for my birthday, so I'm set.

beat · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 Aug 2004, 05:43 am »

OH man,
I would have loved to jump in on that 50.00 base..I started a platter a year ago but still need a base of some sort. FYI, I found when machining acrylic, not only is a respirator a valuable tool but a restaurant dishwashers plastic apron is nice to keep the junk out of your clothes and therefore skin.