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Building your own high end turntable stand?

I have been looking for a reasonably priced, heavy, sturdy, rock solid turntable support and apparently those words don't "fit" in my budget....so...I thought I would try to build my own. Was thinking about a thick marble top??? Does anyone know where one could find plans or at least good guide lines to use? I want this to just support my VPI and be waist high....no other electronics to generate vibration or noise....any ideas????? Has anyone built their own or has a good idea as to what would work and is willing to share their imagination??? I hope to hear back from a few members...I know its not going to proform as well as one built professionally but I can't afford 2 or 3 thousand dollars on a stand.

thanks, dean
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jahaira
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Thanks for the link! That one is not that old but I also remember it. It is a combination between the sand box concept ( alas Sismik-box) , Flexyrack variation and Finite Element.

The one I talk was a big box filled with sand and weighting over 300lbs. Once you filled it, stays there.....top it with a busher block or granite and you are done with the rack.

The above rack mentioned by Mrmb looks great and should be easy to build too.
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nsgarch
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Gladstone, nothing wrong with using a stout TT stand or rack on a concrete slab. The operative word is 'stout' though. As far as TT stands go, I think Billy Bags gets the award for stout! But if you're interested in cost effectiveness, wallmount is still the best value, even if you have a concrete slab floor.
ptmconsulting
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I just made a similar pair of sand box stands, following Mrmb's design concepts. Mine is only 3 boxes high, with 50lbs of sand in each. I used an Ikea birch table top cut into 3" pieces for the legs. And birch cutting boards for the plinth's. They look like maple butcher block, but were more easily available to me and far less expensive.

A few coats of Tung oil on the wood, some gloss black paint on the boxes and a truely nice set of shelves. I did notice however, that the components will benefit from additional isolation under them. I use a combination of rollerblock-like devices and spongy foam tennis balls.

Enjoy,
Bob
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outlier
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I'm thinking of using four concrete blocks to support my Teres 255. I'm currently using the bottom shelf of my Adona stand, but it's not comfortably accessible (you can see from my virtual system). I'm wondering if the concrete will be effective support, compared to the nice granite & mdf composite shelf and support the Adona offers. I guess I'll find out. My Teres looks so nice, I hate to hide it away on the bottom shelf. Because my floor is unsuspended, I do get vibration from footsteps on higher shelves, so I can't raise the Teres there. Also, I rent the house, so can't explore wall mounting.
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wntrmute2
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You can use a granite surface plate (3" thick X 18" x 24" 150 lbs.) that sits atop a stand made for it out of angle iron with leveling screws. These are available from machine tool suppliers. I paid less than 200 bucks for both pieces new. i have the parts if you are in the michigan area.
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