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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
194 posts
 
I'm definitely out, Bornin50. Good riddance. Anyway, I did not get a tonearm with my Thorens. I bought a Piezo/Syntec/Sparta from mosin who added a lift/rest. There is an argument for it's heritage to the AT-1005. Heavy enough for DL-103 work.

If you _are_ talking about that arm then you can remove the headshell lock by unscrewing it under the arm. Flip it over and there is a screw. Unscrew it and have a look at the wires, they may have separated, but I am presuming.

It should be easy to rewire ..
Is it a bearing or connection issue?
jloveys
226 posts
 
Dear friends,
I have been bitten by the bug... besides my father's TD 124 MK II , I just bought 3 Lenco's: L 75, L 78, L 78 SE and 2 Garrard 301 grease and oil bearing, the path I will go is a 5 cm thick slate plinth coupled with 3 Symposium Rollerblocks Jr. Tungsten on a second slate base. I will compare all 3 TT with same arm and cart.
I am asking you what arm would be the most revealing for such a test.
Of course I have to buy 3 arms so price/quality is a major concern.
I think Hadkock, Moerch,Rega, SME, Graham Robin, but I would like your experienced info, thanks...
Jean.
lewm
13,313 posts
 
JLoveys, If your early expts excite you, check out the PTP2 top plate for the Lenco (on the Lenco-Lovers website). Not only is it far more rigid than the chassis of either a stock Lenco or a Garrard, it also permits a large area of contact between itself and the top surface of a slate or wood plinth. I myself have one but have yet to make a plinth for it. For a tonearm to compare turntables, I bought a 47Labs RS-A1. No mounting is necessary, so you can rapidly move the same tonearm and cartridge from one table to the next.
reinderspeter
22 posts
 
I hope I am wrong but it looks like the LencoLovers forum has been shut down for good.
For those who feel a little homeless we have set up a refuge at http://lenco.proboards.com/

Please come and visit,
Peter
lewm
13,313 posts
 
Hi Peter, What's up with your bearing assembly project? Given the large positive effect that the Kokomo bearing reportedly has on the sound of the Garrard 301, I am waiting with bated breath for your new Lenco bearing.
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