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The Craftmans Shop => New from Old => Topic started by: BillTodd on November 14, 2024, 12:34:24 PM

Title: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: BillTodd on November 14, 2024, 12:34:24 PM

Made from parts of a few old harddrives and broken monitors.

The deck is the poly carbonate light-pipe from a 19inch monitor turning on the motor (used only as a bearing) of an HDD  .

The drive motor is another hdd motor driven by a ebay 3ph driver board. it turns the deck using a monofilament fishing line , knotted into a belt.

The arm is 3d printed in resin with a carbon fibre tube and uses more hdd bearings.

The 10mm poly carbonate body is from another 21inch monitor.

The "soundstage enhancing constrained-layer anti-resonance clarity hooves"  (copyright nephew George) are surplus poly V pulleys.

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: vtsteam on November 15, 2024, 01:04:10 PM

Wow! Very cool, Bill!  :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: John Rudd on November 17, 2024, 07:47:29 AM

Looks very …..chic.. shall we say…  :thumbup:

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: BillTodd on November 17, 2024, 11:59:09 AM

According to my nephew...

"I can see it fitting in perfectly alongside the rocking porcelain penis in A Clockwork Orange"

I may hve to print a resin rocking penis

 :)

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: pycoed on November 19, 2024, 04:14:43 AM

All together now:-

An engineer told me before he died, ah hummm... :)

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: BillTodd on November 19, 2024, 04:35:38 AM

I confess, that I had to look that up ,

 :D

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: pycoed on November 20, 2024, 03:52:47 AM

Don't forget the photos! :thumbup:

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: Brass_Machine on November 21, 2024, 10:59:57 AM

Very cool!

Title: Re: Retro turntable from old computer bits
Post by: BillTodd on November 23, 2024, 06:01:37 AM

Quote from: pycoed on November 20, 2024, 03:52:47 AM

Don't forget the photos! :thumbup:

This was a bloody tricky thing to model in a cad program !