adnick
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Decided to document the building of a custom plinth for a Russco Studio Pro, Broadcast table, this is against my better judgement but the mistake(s) made and yet to be made, might be useful to someone in the future….
This will have layers of plywood internally, but the outside cabinet will come from a slab of very old naturally dried Black Walnut.
This particular build has to fit in an existing space so it can’t be more than 17.5 inches wide, but doesn’t have a height restriction.
Broadcast motors run hot, the temperature rating for the motor on these is given as, above ambient, so it requires an open air source and there are tonearm and electrical considerations.
There’s also that pesky gearshift mechanism that has to work unencumbered inside the plinth.
My first order of business was construction of a “to scale model” from scrap wood.
The plywood used in the model can be reused as part of the inner layers when the time comes.
Most of my woodwork is done the old fashioned way, with handtools, however it’s very convenient to use a biscuit joiner for splines to hold the model together.
No glue is used so it can be taken apart while figuring out and/or fitting the inner layers. One can also throw it across the room when the situation calls for it and probably be able to recover most of the parts
Here’s some photos of the Russco sitting atop the working model:
Next up is figuring out the inner layers
VR
Andy
This will have layers of plywood internally, but the outside cabinet will come from a slab of very old naturally dried Black Walnut.
This particular build has to fit in an existing space so it can’t be more than 17.5 inches wide, but doesn’t have a height restriction.
Broadcast motors run hot, the temperature rating for the motor on these is given as, above ambient, so it requires an open air source and there are tonearm and electrical considerations.
There’s also that pesky gearshift mechanism that has to work unencumbered inside the plinth.
My first order of business was construction of a “to scale model” from scrap wood.
The plywood used in the model can be reused as part of the inner layers when the time comes.
Most of my woodwork is done the old fashioned way, with handtools, however it’s very convenient to use a biscuit joiner for splines to hold the model together.
No glue is used so it can be taken apart while figuring out and/or fitting the inner layers. One can also throw it across the room when the situation calls for it and probably be able to recover most of the parts
Here’s some photos of the Russco sitting atop the working model:
Next up is figuring out the inner layers
VR
Andy