What's inside the plinth of your Garrard 401?

The day will get a garrard will sure include as candidate the just saw cairn & cairn base! Give it a look ànd congrats foy your deck!

Hi you stack 7 layers of birch plywood together and glue it.The size depends on how many arms you want and there sizes.If you want to get technical use hide glue.There is tons of info on the web just google it.KP

After trying both the stacked ply and solid wood, the plinth that jived with my 401 and the rest of my system was one that was based on loricraft's. Synergy must have been related to arm choice but it ended up being the cheapest to build. Except for having real wood glued to the top board by a wood craftsman i did the rest of the plinth. Total cost was around $50 (most of the materials i already had with me)
http://www.theanalogdept.com/rodney_eugenio.htm

Wow! That's a beauty, Rodney!

The 401, I believe, is set at 50Hz, having being used in England. In the U.S., it needs a 60Hz pulley - what's this? (Sorry, I'm somewhat mechanically-challenged). If I don't change the pulley, would it damage the unit?

Thanks,
George

Yes you're right. Strobe markings on the platter is 50hz (someone told me that the 401 was a uk domestic model only). I actually had a power supply made to make it work at 50hz but it blew up so for the meantime i'm using a 60hz pulley which a friend helped me get thru ebay. Had to get the pulley twice as the first one that came was a bit wobbly. It just won't play music at the right speed if you use the 50hz pulley.

I hope everything turns out fine with your 401.