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on with the mods to the Top Plate. I trimmed 52mm off the right hand
side of the deck and filled in the tonearm aperture. This plinth is
specifically for mounting a Trans-Fi "Terminator" linear tracking arm and there will be threaded inserts fitted to mount it. The lights on the deck are supposed
to add to the noise floor, especially the Strobe light, so they have gone. The pitch fader
circuit is only needed if you are a DJ so ditched that as well. There is no need to check the
speed on these decks, they monitor and adjust many times a second
against a known source, hence "Quartz locked", so even the strobe dots on
the platter aren't really needed. I am removing most of the surplus
features. Every hole has to be plugged before
casting my sand/resin mix into the back of it. I used thick aluminium
plate and glued/filled it with Plastic Paddings "Chemical Metal" This
stuff sets hard can be drilled and tapped and withstands 160 deg C. So
ok for Iron on Veneer, if I go that route. |
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