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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
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willbewill
15 posts
 
Yes, I'm looking forward to building a plinth for it soon. A bit of a story to the deck as well - it was owned by the British Ambassador to Hong Kong in the 50s and in fact travelled there and back, he used the deck until quite recently and now via his son-in-law gave it to me (yep for free!). Apparently this one was originally made for the US market and modified for 50hz and because of this the motor lubrication tube is not located correctly to marry up with the hole for it in the top plate. Interestingly the platter has stamped on it 'PASSED 31 OCTOBER 1957'.

Bornin50 - how does the ADC arm sound on the Connie on your page? I have one that came off an ADC deck and was thinking of fitting it.
mgreene
107 posts
 
Hi Jean, I shall. I am about to clean the front facia tonight and will post some pics this week. I refinished the cool 60's wooden cabinet it came in too - looks pretty sweet flanked by the Dynacos.

It took me 2 weeks to break out of my paradigm and try the tone controls. It has plenty of bass - almost too much, so I set each speaker on a couple of books and... wait for it... turned the treble up to 2:00! :0) It sounds beauti-ful.

Mike
goughary
10 posts
 
I need longer threaded rodsfor the lenco to bolt it to my plinth. The rods that came with it are one inch long. My local hardware stores don't have this size rod and I don't know how to speak "rod longo". Does anyone know how to describe the size, and thread size of the correct rod? So when I call around, I can actually be understood? And if anyone has a link to an online store, all the better...Thanks.
johnnantais
621 posts
 
Hi Goughary, you need M4 threaded rod. Good luck.
mgreene
107 posts
 
Goughary, they are M4 (metric #4) thread screws. If you are in the US, I could not find them anywhere local. They can be ordered in various lengths from McMaster Carr.

Not to be a net wiseass, but lately a couple of folks have asked questions here that were discussed and answered extensively in the old thread, available at the download section of http://www.lenco-lovers.com/ . You can get a ton of info off the old thread - that typically for an old internet thread, people may not feel like answering here.

Mike
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