[stuartarm]

I am building a super deck...got a custom bearing platter from choir audio...next will be a tonearm board of the pivot type as it seems to be the easiest way to mate any given tonearm to the plinth for cartridge alignment...plinth design will be designed around this set up (3 point)...I have been looking at the clearaudio "solution" style armboards as well as the micro seiki...the latter is much beefier than the clearaudio...I have seen other custom arm boards for a single pivot as well but I'm leaning towards the various Micro Seiki arm boards for shear structural...any suggestions on this topic welcome    

[neobop]

Hi,
You didn't mention the drive system or locations. Is this going to be a belt drive w/o suspension? Is the motor going to be mounted on the chassis opposite the arm? If so, motor vibrations being transmitted to the arm is a consideration. Maybe you're going to mount the motor on a separate pod? I'm guessing that you have a better idea of what you're building then we do at this point. Some people mount the arm in a separate pod.

Your mention of a plinth has me confused. I was assuming that you were referring to the Micro Siki 1000, 1500 etc or the Clearaudio w/o plinths. Could you fill us in?
neo

[Ericus Rex]

If you're talking about the Micro armboards that came with the DDX and DQX 1000 they are beefy.  Solid aluminum.  Have you thought of the same design as the Micro but with very thick acrylic?  Don't know which would be better sounding but then you could say that you made your own armboards instead of buying off ebay!

[orthobiz]

Welcome stuartarm! How about posting a pic of your stuff in its unassembled state...

Paul