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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
liguy
228 posts
 
This is my almost completed DIY Turntable. All I need is to do is finish the Arm Pod. The Arm Pod will have an SME style mount machined into the top plate. Click the links below to have a peek and tell me what you think? Ask questions if you wish.

My DIY Turntable Front View

My DIY Turntable Top View
hxt1
141 posts
 
Gadfly.... you have totally lost me, LOST me. I was remarking on you and Jejune's back and forth, nothing more. I really, really do not understand your last post, the reasoning behind it, and what exactly you are trying to say, other than you don't like idlers, which we ALL know anyways! so, ...... your point?
hxt1
141 posts
 
Here's an idea you two... since you don't like lencos and idlers, and this is a thread primarily about lencos and fixing them up, why not buzz off, and find an anti-idler, anti-lenco thread where you belong?
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gadfly
194 posts
 
I have a Thorns TD111 I rehabbed and like it very much. I am not anti-idler. They do have a "hip to be square" aesthetic, don't you think?

"why not buzz off.."

Why do you guys get so emotional over very very little?

I watch the thread to see if there is anything to learn regarding rehabbing idlers. Sadly, there is a high degree of misinformation, mutual back slapping, and an obnoxious amount of self-love. But the fooles parade marches on.
lewm
13,118 posts
 
Gad, Is the Thorens TD-111 an idler? Have you restored or repaired it? If so, why not enlighten us? Perhaps you have something to teach us, other than how to make snide remarks. I can't recall your ever having made a useful contribution here, but perhaps I am wrong, since I am a late-comer to the faith.
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