Project Cakestand

[Machines 4 Music]

My wife named it the cakestand in it's original 'gyrodecky' looking form with underslung brass weights.

Changed the platter when a big alu billet fell into my lap at work.

Technics DD motor from a smashed up plinth, with the controller housed separately for extra audiophile bonus points

[Adelmo]

Hi,

Looks good, congratulation!. Can you pls give some info regarding the TA in the second picture from the top.

Tks n rgds

Adelmo

[Machines 4 Music]

Ooh, that one! Didn't realise I'd posted that. It was an experiment I was trying with distributed pivots, so the vertical pivot on this was well forward of the horizontal pivot.

It was inspired by the Dynavector arm of the late 70s which had the vertical pivot just behind the headshell, but on mine, I put the counterweight at the back of the arm and linked it to the front part of the arm using fishing twine and levers.

Tried it a couple of times but never noticed any worthwhile difference from conventional layouts. Looked cool though.