I have asked some folks who have gone down this path using various metals in an isolated arm pod to post their comments here. I hope they will be able to provide their input.
To me if I had a tonearm with collar - just preliminary thoughts - but anyway to be DIY - You would need to drill collar diameter holes through both the brass cylinder and the top plate and set the spikes high enough to allow the wires to clear. Drilling the holes is easy for a machine shop. The top plate (aluminum?) just needs to be thick enough to allow the tonearm collar to grip and be tightened - then it can be set down on top of the brass cylinder and secured. This could be done by the DIY. Anything more would obviously require a machine shop.
Dear Nandric - I am growing fond of the brass cylinder "as is" and based on what I am hearing am reluctant now to have it taken apart and changed at all.
Cheers
To me if I had a tonearm with collar - just preliminary thoughts - but anyway to be DIY - You would need to drill collar diameter holes through both the brass cylinder and the top plate and set the spikes high enough to allow the wires to clear. Drilling the holes is easy for a machine shop. The top plate (aluminum?) just needs to be thick enough to allow the tonearm collar to grip and be tightened - then it can be set down on top of the brass cylinder and secured. This could be done by the DIY. Anything more would obviously require a machine shop.
Dear Nandric - I am growing fond of the brass cylinder "as is" and based on what I am hearing am reluctant now to have it taken apart and changed at all.
Cheers