PCTI tonearm by rauliruegas

Dear @soundcheck6 :   About the tonearm a friend of mine and I decided to design and build a tonearm that can performs with better quality levels than the vintage/today tonearms in the market.

We decided that that tonearm will be only for he and me and nothing else.

I made the llist targets for the designs that he approved and we started step by step ( is no copy of any tonearm design. ) in our " free time " only.

The tonearm were made it at " home " due that my friend owned ( with other gentleman. ) a CNC big company.

That was great for us because after small changes in the tonearm design we can do those tonearm changes ( mainly I. ) to make the voicing more or less fast. I have to tell that over the whole proccess we did it a lot of changes because my friend and I were totally inexpert on build tonearms, never had a first hand experiences.

We started only knowing what we wanted to achieve but with out precise " idea " how meet those targets. So a long test and error proccess.

He and I never had the opportunity to designed a tonearm was a totally new experiences for both of us, truly learning one.

Through those years the tonearm performed so well and with high quality that we started to think in a comercial way. 
Latter on  we can't do it due that because he and his partner decided to put on sale their company and in advance of that both decided to change their residence place from México to different 2 countries but at  the end company never sold and they are out of México and things gone at the " freezer " from his part.
Even that I finished the tonearm.

It's ready to manufacture it and I'm looking for a joint venture, I need an investor because I have not the kind of money need it to go " outside " with success. Yes I have no single doubt that will be something really unique in the market and it success is for sure.

I would like a partner that some way or the other " lives " in the audio world and in specific analog market.

Look, the tonearm is a reality and is where I have mounted my cartridges and enjoying the analog alternative and I'm sure that sooner or latter will be a reality in the market.

The overall tonearm design is not only unique but in many ways superior to any other today/vintage tonearm in the market including top and expensive design as the SAT with a price tag of over 55+K dollars.

We will see.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS
R.

@rauliruegas , I hope you find that investor. Have you thought of teaming up with an established manufacturer? As an example Frank Schroder has designed an arm Soundsmith is going to make. He frequently licenses others to make his arms. They have the headaches and he collects royalties. I know Sota is thinking about making an arm but their tables are not very flexible. 9" arms only need apply. 
How did you manage to make the prototype? Tonearms are very simple devices but they can be a bear to manufacture. (unless you are making a unipivot which I know you would never do)

Dear @mijostyn : Thank's for the advise.

We make the prototypes through the CNC company that owned my friend and his partner, I explain this in one of my posts. No, it's not an unipivot.

Yes, we can think that tonearms " are very simple devices " but as you said " they can be a bear to manufacture ".
The easy or hard task to manufacture depends on its overall design and the grade of accuracy you decided to machine the whole parts.

Our design comes with accuracy at " extreme " and in reality is a true " precision instrument " to achieve its unique characteristics to performs at true high quality levels.

It's designed to fulfill cartridges needs and at the same time to be an user friendly device.

R.

The extreme part is really in relation to the bearings but there is also a lot of materials science involved. But the foundation is a clever design. Give us an example of a tonearm that you wished you had designed. For me it would be the Schroder LT.

hoho I'm building one frank schroeder tonearm.. x finger. the cnc part is on process
. any thoughts and ideas welcome on the wooden shaft or any others.