I got this nice shot back from the customer.
Looks good! I bet it sounds good too!
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I got this nice shot back from the customer.
Looks good! I bet it sounds good too!
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5792/3...e2e5ee1c_k.jpg
Looks fab Steve, ask the customer to maybe consider black Allen head screws to really take it to '11' :)
Thanks Robbie! :)
Ebony record weight, turntable feet / armboard moutning top hat and 550Hz horns
Here's some of the latest products
An ebony record weight / puck that is bound for New Zealand
During turning
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Finished
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Next up special turntable feet from blocks of ebony for a Verdier Vintage/Heritage Turntable
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Stainless steel inserts for the spiked plinth
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Finished
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Here's a top hat / flange for a turntable under machining
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Lastly a pair of 550Hz horns with Vitavox S2 compression driver fittings.
Turned from soft Redwood pine - this give the best possible sound.
These are off to the Ukraine.
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Next up will be more armboards ;)
Ebony armboard for SL-1210 for use with the Jelco Ammonite uprated armbase
This one is bound for Canada
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Here is an ebony armboard for the SL-1210 and a Sumiko MMT arm
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A 170g nylon insert double grub screw counterweight for the Rega R200 arm
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coming up next a couple of stand alone armpods and copper L-brackets
A couple of bespoke items made bound for Spain
Armboard in Ebony 8mm thick and brass ring 4mm thick. Bonded and screwed together.
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A 3g half sleeve weight for use to increase the mass of a tonearm towards the cartridge end.
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Also an armboard in billet aluminium 22mm thick, 80mm diameter. Armhole for a Fidelity Research FR64s tonearm to fit a Kenwood KD-990
turntable.
Pictured here with my FR64s mounted up.
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Showing the required offset
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This one is bound for Austria for a ClearAudio unify tonearm and will be used with a Jean Nantais Reference/Classic Lenco - this has a very high/thick plint arrangement hence the armpod height being 21.5 cm. +/- 5mm range is provided by the adjustable feet.
Usual very heavy mass so it will not move in use and will provide the perfect off plinth mounting for the tonearm.
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(Please excuse the quality on this last one)
Here is a Technics SL-1210 ebony armboard for the USA. This one is for the SME M2-9 tone arm.
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This one a Technics SL-1210 ebony armboard kitted out for the Micro Seiki tone arm and extra hole for the arm rest.
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This one is a special for Hugo of Ammonite Audio.
I bet you can't guess what it's spec'd for!
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At nearly 200g in weight - It's an arm damper weight for the Jelco arm
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Lastly a Counterweight with Nylon insert sleeve and double grub screws - 170g
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If anyone with a Jelco arm is a bit puzzled why placing a weight on top of the arm structure can possibly be a Good Thing, my advice is to try it. In the first instance, just use a spare counterweight (usually the heavy one that comes with the arm), and place it carefully on top of the damping knob. Adding mass in this way, to my ears, greatly enhances the depth of sound and musical flow. It's free to try in the first instance and you can always get Steve to make you a nice shiny one that sits more securely on top of the arm if you like the effect.
There's nothing pseudo-scientific or foo about why this works - one of the best ways of damping a resonant structure is to apply mass. That's all!
This tweak also works with my FR64S and I will get Steve to make me another weight to sit securely over the top of that arm