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Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13441]

Fri, 20 July 2007 18:29

hurdy_gurdyman
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After many months of work and waiting, my Rek-O-Kut with Infinity Black Widow/Grado Blue is finally finished! Here's a link to some pics.

http://www.hawthorneaudio.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=34

I'm very happy with how this turned out.

Dave

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13442 is a reply to message #13441]

Sat, 21 July 2007 19:08

Bill Epstein
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Outstanding! Love the frame.

How does it sound?

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13443 is a reply to message #13442]

Sat, 21 July 2007 20:10

hurdy_gurdyman
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>How does it sound?

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13445 is a reply to message #13443]

Mon, 23 July 2007 08:21

Wayne Parham
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Wow! That looks awesome, Dave! Is the aluminum plate mounted on rubber or it is firmly attached to the base?

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13447 is a reply to message #13445]

Mon, 23 July 2007 08:33

hurdy_gurdyman
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>Wow! That looks awesome, Dave! Is the aluminum plate mounted on rubber or it is firmly attached to the base?

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Mon, 23 July 2007 17:58

Wayne Parham
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I see. I was just trying to visualize how it was mounted. Sounds good!

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13456 is a reply to message #13449]

Wed, 25 July 2007 01:00

hurdy_gurdyman
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Wayne,

As an experiment, I removed the rubber weatherstripping completely and screwed down the chassis to the plinth directly. Using a stethoscope, there is a very noticeable drop in noise, from quiet to very quiet.I'm going to leave it this way.

Dave

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13459 is a reply to message #13456]

Wed, 25 July 2007 16:25

Wayne Parham
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Very interesting. It's almost like mechanical grounding verses floating, isolated. Interesting.

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13474 is a reply to message #13441]

Wed, 22 August 2007 10:25

David Lawrence
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Registered: May 2009

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That looks great.

Is the plinth contacting the plate around the bearing? Was it difficult to adjust the levels of the plinth to the different thicknesses of the Rek-O-Kut plate?

What kind of record mat are you using?

David

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Re: Rek-O-Kut project finished at last! [message #13475 is a reply to message #13474]

Wed, 22 August 2007 13:50

hurdy_gurdyman
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David,

>Is the plinth contacting the plate around the bearing?Was it difficult to adjust the levels of the plinth to the different thicknesses of the Rek-O-Kut plate?What kind of record mat are you using?

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