ohbythebay
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Sounds daunting, right ? It isn't really. All you need is a good idea, a donor motor, platter, spindle and power and choose the high end arm you want.
I took the motorized parts from a Dual turntable that has a Dual EDS 500 motor. why ? Because the motor and board is self contained (no separate boards, etc.) so it was easy. Took the following:
Added
Power on off switch
Tonearm
self made wood case
Steps with pictures
First laid out how I wanted the platter strobe and speed control on a board
Next, the underside wiring..I hard wired for 33 speed eliminating the manual switch for 33 and 45. You can see why I chose the Dual TT donor..Very minimal parts to work with and dead steady DD motor
Used cork to sandwich the material and deaden the plinth
Made a base out of poplar. You can do any base design you want. The top plinth will just fit inside
This was the original design with a Sanyo arm...Nice but not what I finished up with
Continued next post
I took the motorized parts from a Dual turntable that has a Dual EDS 500 motor. why ? Because the motor and board is self contained (no separate boards, etc.) so it was easy. Took the following:
- Motor
- power supply
- strobe
- speed pot
- Platter and spindle
Added
Power on off switch
Tonearm
self made wood case
Steps with pictures
First laid out how I wanted the platter strobe and speed control on a board
Next, the underside wiring..I hard wired for 33 speed eliminating the manual switch for 33 and 45. You can see why I chose the Dual TT donor..Very minimal parts to work with and dead steady DD motor
Used cork to sandwich the material and deaden the plinth
Made a base out of poplar. You can do any base design you want. The top plinth will just fit inside
This was the original design with a Sanyo arm...Nice but not what I finished up with
Continued next post