Twenty odd years of not playing vinyl have come to an end.
Here's a few pics of my homebrew arm nearing completion. It's a simplified version of the Well Tempered arm.
It had it's first outing last night and managed to play several albums without a hiccup, so i guess it's worth developing further, or at least tidying up.
My last vinyl setup was a Linn Axis/dodgy Akito/K5 i think, and that was some considerable time ago. This one is definitely nicer to listen to, but it's in a totally different system so i can't really judge it's worth at the moment.
The armtube is 8mm carbon fibre, strengthened with brass tube and epoxy putty at the headshell end. The gantry bits are 6mm carbon held together by part of a "Helping Hands" thingy. The pulley is made from cheap alloy collets from a model shop and some washers. All suspended on one length of 8lb fishing line. Damping fluid is STP. Arm base is Meranti mahoghany.
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