Roksan Radius 5 clone

[Wardsweb]

Here is my latest turn at DIY. It is made from 1" bubinga.

 

[Wardsweb]

Here is a shot from behind showing my addition of a connection block not found on the original.

 

[Botch]

Woodworker here: Beautiful!

Mechanical Engineer here: How are the bottom and top wood "plates" attached to each other, and why are they separate pieces?

 

[Wardsweb]

Woodworker here: Beautiful!

Mechanical Engineer here: How are the bottom and top wood "plates" attached to each other, and why are they separate pieces?

The top plinth is on rubber isolation mounts. It is to keep vibration from the motor plinth away from the platter plinth and thus separated from the playing surface.

 

[Yesfan70]

Wow....That finish is sweet. Nice looking turntable Wards.

 

[Botch]

Mechanical Engineer here: :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Wardsweb]

You may see the entire process here: http://wardsweb.org/audio/Roksan/

 

[Zing]

In the spirit of a picture being worth a thousand words, I offer you...

 

[jamhead]

Oooohhhhh!

 

[Huey]

Very sexy! Like a fine woman, you want to play with that thing with the lights ON! Great job Wardsweb!

 

[Barney]

You are passing down your skills to a grandchild ? Your skills should never be lost my friend.... :bow-blue:

 

[Rope]

Radius in Action.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRb84ONXk4[/youtube]

Rope

 

[Botch]

Radius in Action.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRb84ONXk4[/youtube]

Rope

One of the things I love about teh Intranetz is the free pr0n!! :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance:

 

[Wardsweb]

The system is done...for now.

 

[Razz]

WOW... I love the wood color. Beautiful piece? How's it play compared to your others?

 

[Dennie]

Beautiful Job Ward!

Thanks for sharing it with us,


Dennie

 

[Wardsweb]

WOW... I love the wood color. Beautiful piece? How's it play compared to your others?

With only a few hours of listening today, I am very happy with this setup. It is very balanced with a nice bottom end and crisp highs. Now my Clearaudio Champion II with the SME 309 and Glider presents music with more detail and finesse, but then I would expect that. Still I really like this Roksan rig. It is also more forgiving of older vinyl.

 

[heeman]

:text-bravo:

 

[Doghart]

I like the finish and the tone arm on your DIY setup better than the one in the video.

Nice job, wanna make another one for me??

D

 

[yromj]

:eusa-clap: :bow-blue: :eusa-clap: :bow-blue: :eusa-clap:

Very impressive!!!

John