DIY Record Cleaning Station

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DIY Record Cleaning Station
« on: 24 Oct 2009, 07:18 am »
Steve,

Your record cleaning station downstairs, do you like it?  Was it difficult or expensive to assemble?  Would that be something a few of us could assemble ourselves with instruction from you during a GAS meeting specifically setup for this purpose?

Bo

Scott F.

Re: DIY Record Cleaning Station
« Reply #1 on: 25 Oct 2009, 07:24 pm »
Bo,

I assume you are talking about this one?





Its actually fairly easy and cheap to assemble. It's mainly a collection of flea market finds with the exception of of the Nitty Gritty (KAB EV1) cleaning machine. That will run you about $150 from the KAB website.

Besides the KAB EV1, you will need one of those little hand held vacuum cleaners (flea market $5), a donor turntable (flea market $10) that has a bolt on bearing (not one that is intergrated to the plinth) and then an old TV cart to mount all the stuff on.

I simply mounted the vacuum cleaner on the second shelf, drilled a hole through the side to get the hose up to the KAB. The donor TT platter screwed directly to the top of the TV stand. I fastened the KAB to the top with velcro. After that, I bought some wire mesh pencil holders from Wally World and use them to hold the fluids and cleaning brushes. Oh, and then I added a cheap light over the top to illuminate things.

Sometime this winter I plan on completely rebuilding this one. I'll use some 'proper' wood in lieu of the plastic stick on veneer over particle board. I've also picked up a new vacuum cleaner that is quieter. I'll also incorporate sound deadening in the vacuum cleaner chamber. I also am going to incorporate my plate demagnetizer to see if in fact demagnetizing vinyl is real or just a bunch of hooey.

If you need more details, just give me a buzz.