Way, way too hard and expensive.
"solid osmium is difficult to machine, form or work."
Melts at over 3300deg C!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmium
Way, way too hard and expensive.
"solid osmium is difficult to machine, form or work."
Melts at over 3300deg C!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmium
Latest armpod. Off to the Netherlands.
This one is a 7kg heavyweight!
Usual ebony armboard and also an ebony base this time.
Jelco armbase fitting. The height adjustable feet have felt pads this time.
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Here's another Mikro Seiki AX-4G armboard in solid ebony.
SME fitting with threaded inserts to take the armbase bolts.
Bronze bush to clamp to the armboard pillar.
It's extra thick where the armbase fits. You can't have enough lovely sounding ebony.
Pictured here with the old metal armboard as a stand :)
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Here's a project I've been working on.
It involves a Technics SL-1210, ebony, lots of upgrades and fitting a SME 309 arm.
First I wanted to test the concept of applying ebony veneer so I used my scabby old SL-1200 deck as a guinea pig.
I use that plinth/sub-plinth and base to make the armboards and get the spindle to pivot distance right.
I trialled glue first until I found the right one to give an excellent bond and not bleed through.
Pictured here with the ebony armboard and 309 arm.
I'm having to do something different with the pitch control area. Thought of an ebony surround as a first test. I might be able to do a flush veneer though.
The veneer is just using scraps so don't judge it too hard.
The final deck project should be something special.
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It's looking bloody lovely!!!
Looking great, a vast improvement over the original which these days IMO looks great but a bit drab.
:) Thanks guys
Tannoy drivers have arrived for installation in the GRF-N cabinets.
Beautifully original, straight out of the sixties. They've been in the same homemade cabinets the whole time.
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Here's an ebony armboard for the Technics SL-1210 fitting a Kuzma Stogie Reference tonearm.
The arm requires a depth below the platter of 28mm minimum!
It's a tight fit but I did it.
This one features the mounting system from underneath and is pictured during test mounting and finished on my now ebony veneered test plinth.
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This is one I made recently to fit a Kuzma Stogi Reference on a Technics SL-1210. It required careful sizing up and fitting
as tolerances were tight for this arm with the low platter to plinth height.
"Hi Steve,
Tonearm fits perfectly; I've attached a few pictures.
The sound is leaps and bounds ahead of my previous set up, even with a
fairly modded 1210, I just wasn't prepared for the increase in
soundstage and the shear clarity of vocals and every type of
instrument!
The armboard is a fantastic job, beautiful, rock solid and was easy to
fit with the supplied bolts; I can't thank you enough for such
excellent service.
Kind regards,
Alex"
Pics on Alex's deck
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