Oswald Mill Audo Saskia Idler Turntable Innards?

Hi,

Thanks John, what you say is a concern that I have. Because my turntable is an idler without any top plate, it required a drive implementation that is different from those idlers of the past. Like anyone who makes something new, I would like for the world to see it, though. That makes it a catch-22 for me both from the standpoint of being proud enough of what I have done to share it with others, and on the otherhand, getting the fallout for not doing exactly that. That said, quite a few people have seen it, but I am apprehensive about showing it on the Internet for the time being. It isn't that I don't want to, but not showing it makes more business sense for now.

If someone is serious about Saskia, I hope he does hear it, and see how it works. Then, he can decide if the turntable meets his expectations.

Tmmvinyl,
I have made a turntable with a provision for a twelve inch tonearm for a customer who wanted to use the arm from his other table until a Schroeder arm on order arrives. It was a temporary measure, however, so that the table would accommodate the shorter tonearm later. It would be easy enough to make the turntable special to accommodate any size, but this would be something to discuss in person, depending upon your specific tastes and needs. There are a variety of different ways to do it.

Hopefully, all you guys will make it to RMAF this time!

Best,
Win
Win Tinnon Audio, LLC.

Is this turntable custom built by the designer or is it engineered and machined in a manufacturing facility?

I make the then old-fashioned way, by hand.

I should say the old-fashioned way. The word "then" typed itself into the post. ;) Anyway, various parts of the turntable are built in machine shops, a company does water jet work on the raw slate, another makes the basic part of the controller enclosure, and Mark Kelly does the controller circuitry in Australia. I do all assembly and finish work.

Win,

I am not an engineer, so please forgive my crude attempt to ask an engineering-type question. How do you communicate dimensional and geometric tolerances to your component part manufacturers and machine shops? In other words, since the ultimate success of your design depends on micro tolerances, how do you make certain that each turntable you build is precisely uniform from one turntable to the next?

Tom