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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
bornin50
32 posts
 
Mosin, that's a teaser and no mistake! :) Backstage Pass has a successor?

Rgds
mosin
410 posts
 
"Mosin, that's a teaser and no mistake! :) Backstage Pass has a successor?"

Colin,

Indeed it does. This is my most ambitious project ever, and I hope it works as expected. I tried my very best to break new ground on this one, and the big question is whether the ground is firm enough to stand on. I believe it is, but I will know for certain when the needle hits the groove, won't I? In any event, this is a fun hobby because we not only enjoy ourselves, but we learn things. I have learned a lot with this one.

I'll share what I found out with you guys in a month or so, but the turntable is a study in mass, inertia, isolation, friction, materials, speed control, assembly technique and a couple of other areas. Some of it may prove useful to you guys.

Regards,
mosin
hxt1
141 posts
 
WOW! A lot of emotion surrounding these slate plinths!!! I hope no one on this forum is marketing anything!!!! I seem to have really ruffled some feathers over at LL with my less than genial response to the UNSOLICITED advice heaped on me concerning my lo-buck slate experiment... I would consider the whole thing a big mistake if it didn't sound so damn good!!!
I said it at the other forum, and I will say it here, at the end of the day, we're talking about a piece of slate, with a hole in it. If someone wants to go all steak and lobster about it so they can justify charging $1000 at the door, so to speak, good on 'em!!!
hxt1
141 posts
 
My apologies in advance to Darren for my brash, abrasive stance on this.
I would obviously be buying a slateplinth instead of DIY if I had the $$$$.
Regardless of the reviews, I think they look great, the wife thinks they look great, and after hearing common slate in action, I am sure they sound FANTASTIC!! My experiment is not intended in ANY way to compare to the original, highly reviewed Welsh Slatedeck in any way whatever. Darren has established a well-earned positon in the marketplace by creating a great product, to very high standards. I simply decided to give something vaguely similar a go in my own back yard. I felt as though I wre building a wagon, and suddenly the Head engineer at Rolls Royce was on the phone, that's all....
Sheesh, I'm really truly sorry for being so snitty about the whole thing
Humbly (for a change) Harvey.
lewm
13,156 posts
 
Hxt1, No need to apologize here for what you may have written on the LL forum. The tete a tete between the Welsh and Pennsylvania slate deck makers on the Vinyl Asylum was pretty hostile and revealed two fairly closed minds. I am sure you slate-ers can all just get along.
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