Cheap upgrade for michell gyro

[gwernaffield]

i originally wanted these to be about the £80 mark , however the cost to machine them is over that now with the way the nut is made, and the base,,, add the rest of the parts hence the price as it is at £150, plus post , the change in price is down to the machine shop , with quotes of up to £180 for machining alone, as i cannot order large amounts due to the way the deck is made, each hole can be a different size and often are ,all 3 holes end up being different sizes on some chassis in which case they will be made to the largest one, and owner support is needed,

i know about solidair but any resemblance to them is coincidental, and costly , for your ears,,,,. and wallet ,,,,
they will not include the rest of the pack that is with the Pylons above,,,but will have a nice looking TIN to keep your Bits in ,

Thank you for the reviews above, and i hope i can keep supplying them,,, Marco has been great in all of this, and the members of AOS who helped in doing them ,i cannot say thank you enough for the support of Mr Moon , Ginnimag , who must of though i had lost the plot in doing these with all the different ways , only for the ones in use to come out on top , of the whole bunch of trying over the past 3 years, but only uploaded this year ,
some i would not show due to the laughing i could Hear ,
the one thing in the back of my mind was what would happen if the o-ring snapped, in the end it was down to that one thought , to not damage the cartridge if one failed, unlike string , wool ,which will fail ,there was no give , putting extra strain on the main bearing when fitting the clamp , where the o-rings have the give to allow the clamp to be fitted with out putting a lot of strain on the main bearing ,

what is in the Kit you can see on the picture above the reviews, 4 ceramic bearings ( ebay cost is £4,50 each ) ptfe washers , 36 o rings (18 spare ) sorbothane pads ( cannot get grunge buster due to cost and import duty ) 3 sorbothane washers , recently added, 3 pylons, set up and ready to be fitted to the chassis,
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the design has noting to do with Michell , who i am told are working on there own way of replacing the spring in the future ,,,they would consider this design close to sme design,,,and would not consider taking it on as suggested by some of the reviews,,, SME uses a oil filled damper , and special 100strand o-rings at a cost of £8 each ,,, i have never seen the sme design or operation ,or even listened to one of there fabulous turntables ,, only read in some of the reviews in some of the mags that sme has o-rings supported by a damper and a special o-ring of their design and manufacture that uses a 100 strands of rubber ,,

These use the twist in the standard o-rings to help in the support and the twist helps in the bounce ,,,o-rings can be bought any were in the world for pennies, so the idea they are similar is beyond me, chalk and cheese come to mind,they have evolved over several years,,,using 1000's of different o-ring types, (accept sme's version too expensive for me ) makes and compounds, but left with the black cheap version , so any one can buy them around the world,,,

please do not expect a fancy box, or Tin,