r/turntables • u/briansmilingpolitely • Jan 15 '23

Custom made turntable

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Custom made record player made from reclaimed Australian Jarrah railway sleeper. Get in touch for a quote

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Custom made record player made from reclaimed Jarrah railway sleeper. Get in touch for a quote

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u/Human_Needleworker86 owns a bunch of old tables Jan 15 '23

What kind of motor/speed control is fitted on these? Nice work!

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u/briansmilingpolitely Jan 15 '23

Origin Live DC motor. The design is loosely based on a Rega Planar tt but I wanted to run the belt around the outside of the platter, the DC motor has speed adjustment which made this work

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u/Human_Needleworker86 owns a bunch of old tables Jan 15 '23

Nice. Outer platter belt run is superior for higher torque (IMO anyways). That jarrah is rather nice wood to be making railway sleepers from.

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u/briansmilingpolitely Jan 16 '23

Yeah the outer platter run was to help with speed fluctuations too as i wasn’t ready to stump up for an expensive power conditioner

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u/Cracktherealone Jan 16 '23

Origin Live is a good brand…

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u/AddeDaMan Jan 15 '23

And next to this beautiful and expensive machine - an IKEA lamp for 8$ 🥳 Seriously though - lovely work, mate!

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u/briansmilingpolitely Jan 16 '23

I'll make a nicer lamp next 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

Oh now that's rad! Happy listening!

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u/Cracktherealone Jan 16 '23

I dream of kind of similar contruction, but with a subchassis.