I built my own Turntable and here are the results

I have a gentle criticism: I think it would be better to have a solid link between the tonearm pod and the main bearing of the tt, via the chassis, for many reasons. But the fit and finish are indeed beautiful. Congrats.

I ain't impressed...

Lewm, curious why believe the solid link between arm pod and main bearing is necessary?

Let me guess Liguy,you turned your own acrylic platter on a lathe and used the Teres bearing.The controller is the Mark Kelly design and you post on Diyaudio.I believe you posted images of your table there.
Great effort,Gongrats man! Me I am still stuck and looking to make the platter.
Regards
George

Queg, Practical reason: the slightest alteration in the position of the outboard pod with respect to the main body of the turntable will completely screw up tonearm geometry. Theoretical reason; there is something to be said for having the tonearm and turntable in the same closed system, i.e., coupled with respect to outside mechanical and acoustical forces. I tend to favor that school of thought, I don't know a good argument for the opposite approach, but this is not the only time I've seen it (e.g., the Kuzma top-line product cum air bearing tonearm), so there must be one. Not for me though.