A Copernican View of the Turntable System

i have been speaking with chris about this thread. he had seen pics of my armpod. you guys are very passonite about this. that's great to see.
my design requirements were to have adjust-ability for azimuth, vta (sra) and flexibility for different arms. the pics show a breuer, but i have already replaced that with a davinci.
i have mounted arms to the armpod that have the wiring come through the pivot point and out the bottom, so a surface mount would not work. i had to use an armboard mounted on a post, on the armpod, to offset the arm. this allows the wiring to exit through the bottom.
pics here:
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/view_userimages.php?user_id=600
and here :
http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/vs.pl?vaslt&1245187375&viewitem&o5
don

Nice solution Corby.
Can you explain how the VTA adjustment and arm height works via the vertical rod?

Corby, That's quite beautiful work. Do you mean to imply that you adjust azimuth by tilting the whole apparatus via the screw-threaded spikes at the base? Don't you think it's important to have the arm base (=the outboard pod) in a plane parallel to the platter?

halcro, the vta is adjusted using the micrometer ath the top of the post, there is a thumbscrew on the side that you would loosen first, adjust the height and then retighten the screw to lock everything solid. the micrometer has a long rod attached to it that extends to the bottom of the pod. this enables the 1" shaft to be raised and lowered as required.

lewm, i use the 3 thumbscrews at the bottom to adjust for azimuth. it doesn't matter how the armboardor pod ultimately seats, level or not, the azimuth is measured at the stylus using a fozgometer.

don

Corby, what is the source for the threaded spikes you use on your armpod?