Magna Audio's custom-made counterweight balance and armboard service!

Another heavy stand alone armpod.
This time in brushed aluminium and work ebony armboard (yet to be drilled for the arm mount) and ebony base.
Usual 3 adjustable height feet.

Bound for the USA.

This one is 16cm tall +/- 1cm

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Base before brass thumb wheel feet were made

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Turning the brass thumb wheel feet

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More armbase blocks for a Platine Verdier turntable.
This time in ebony.
These 2 are off to Hawaii

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Fidelity Research FR64s tonearm anti skate assembly.
Seen here test fitting on my FR64s tonearm. With the heavy anti-skate weight, and lighter anti-skate weight.

Making the mighty Fidelity Research tonearms complete, whatever they've lost, wherever they may be[emoji846]

This one is bound for France

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Here's an African Blackwood / Mpingo record puck.

I love working in ABW.

The finished article from raw material in pics

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lovely wood that. i had 2 headshells from it once upon a time. gives a nice tone.

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lovely wood that. i had 2 headshells from it once upon a time. gives a nice tone.

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Yes, it is.
Very hard. Woodworkers complain of bluntened tools.
No problem work metal work tools[emoji6].

Couple of jobs on the go.
Just finished this spacer for a Platine Verdier arm mount.
Raises the height by 10mm

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Also been very busy turning a pair of horns in Poplar.
These are for 1" throat Faital compression drivers

The primer stage, before final lacquering that will be in satin black

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One primed, one just turned

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Roughing out

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Rears done.

The grooves are for hanging.

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Starting out

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Blocks rounded ready for turning

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The horns for the Faital 1" drivers are ready.
They feature grooves in the mouth and mounting flange for hanging by wire.
Finished in satin black lacquer.
These will be part of a multi way system.

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Here is one of the horns with a driver I was sent, mounted up.

The string is to illustrate the hanging method that will be used.

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Here's a heavy counterweight for an Alphason HR100. 115g.
Delrin insert and M5 grub screw fitting.
Highly polished stainless steel.
Bound for Germany.

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