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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!
mario_b
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gadfly
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Dear Musicus53,

My thread was helpful in exposing the myth of the Johnnantais. You guys need that. There are people who are building plinths all over the place who have never heard of Self Promoter le Johnnantais.

Let me spread my own Epistle.
mrjstark
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Oregon is that you ??? M.....l ?
mario_b OP
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OK Gadfly, do as your handle implies and buzz off to snipe somewhere else. You’ve become repetative in your negativity, so maybe you’ve convinced yourself that there’s good reason to hate others more than yourself.

Hi mrjstark,
This link will take you to a forked link page to choose either the printer or CAD ready version of the L-75 template.
http://www.lenco-lovers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=953
And thanks to both you and Oregon for the nice words.

All best,
Mario
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musicus53
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Gadfly - wow, you are a bit of a strange fellow. It's reassuring that you know what "we" need without knowing who we are, our systems, our musical knowledge/experience, our relationships with and/or knowledge of Jean, or our ability to evaluate information for ourselves. Perhaps you need to soak your own head in brine or some other substance in order to reduce the swelling.
lewm
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Mario, when you say that your plinth "captures" the bearing, I can see that the bearing goes thru one layer of the plinth, but is it tightly fitted into a hole in that layer? IOW, is that how you capture the bearing? I would think that some sort of clamping mechanism might get a better grip on the bearing, so that one could tighten down on it mechanically. Did you consider that approach? Perhaps if the metal extenders on your arm pod were to penetrate all the way thru to the bearing and terminate in a clamp, that might do the trick, or one might devise wood-based adjustable clamps incorporated into a layer of the plinth. (Easy for me to say; I haven't built a plinth yet.) Beautiful execution of an interesting concept. I love the curves in the plinth from an artistic standpoint, and they may further reduce resonance characteristics, too.
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