Brutalist Systemdek anyone?

[rdpx]

I love it

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[alphaGT]

When I first saw the photo I thought, "why would you build a turntable into the front steps?"! But I see it now, seems like a brilliant idea! Certainly low resonance. Perhaps a good concrete sealer would work best on the exterior? Keep the dust down, and protect it. You wouldn't want to cover it with wood? Nothing special about a wooden 'table. Bravo! Inspirational!


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[Rothchild]

Thanks chaps,

It's an incredibly effective design, low noise and no resonance that I can detect, so very tight bass and good detail.

I've got to get it all apart again to fit the switch, maybe this weekend, if I get it done I'll put some more pics up. The raw mechanics of it are working well now (there were some issues with clearances underneath but after destroying a number of dremel tools I seem to have to the sub-chassis floating nicely now.

I really want to get some new armboards made up - in particular I'd like to try some glass ones (primarily for aesthetics I admit - I really want one made of that glass with the wire in it ;-)) but my local glazing supplier quoted £90 for one on toughened glass - does anyone know of a good source to get something similar for sensible money? It's only a 6mm plate with three holes in it so shouldn't be that hard!

[bob4333]

Have you ruled out acrylic ilo glass?

Lots of different thicknesses and shades available and just as glossy. Could go plain or get creative and bond 3 strips together to form a stripe in the centre? Or not.

Bond the wire to the underside.

Just a thought.

[Rothchild]

Thanks Bob,

Nothing ruled in or out, do you know a good course for 6mm acrylic sheet? If it cheap enough I could have a go at doing one myself (it's such a simple shape).

[moodybuilder]

ive made a couple myself out of acyrlic various colours and thckness i brought the material from a local shop in 150mm squares cost about 3 or 4 GBP each really easy to do.

[bob4333]

Marc, I got mine from ebay. Lots available but this example comes in at £6.71 for an A4 sheet of 6mm. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1MM-1-5MM-...xhHmbLxwcx3KYA Price includes delivery.

Very simple to work using simple hand tools (drills, metal working files etc). Just need to avoid a build up of heat as it will melt.

Versatile material and doesn't "ring" like glass.