Australian Handyman - July 2018

TONE

ARM

GEARS

START/STOP

BUTTON

TURNTABLE

O^1 Paint the plywood and MDF

Paint the ply wood for the deck bases

with watered-down white acrylic. Use

a compass to ind the centre point of

the discs, then using a 10mm drill bit,

drill holes in the centres of each disc.

Paint the turntables with silver acrylic

and the records with black acrylic. Draw

circles with a 40mm radius on paper for

labels, then cut out with scissors.

O^2 Cut dowel for the turntable

From the dowel, cut two 50mm long

pieces for the turntable spindles and

two 205mm long pieces for the tone

arms. Sand thoroughly to round over

both ends of the tone arms and one

end of the spindles. From the scrap

of 50mm thick red cedar, use a 54mm

hole saw to cut two cylinders for the

tone arms to swing on.

O^3 Attach turntable to gears

Use a 65mm hole saw to cut two discs

from hardwood ply to be used as spacers

for under the turntables. Attach each

spacer to the centre of a large gear with

adhesive. Leave to dry under a weight.

Adhere the spindles to the turntables

and leave to dry. Attach the turntables

to the spacers and gears also using

adhesive, weigh down and leave to dry.

O^4 Test-fit the elements

Test-t the elements on the deck bases.

Mark positions in pencil, then remove.

Using a 51mm hole saw, drill holes for

the bases of the tone arms to sit in. Cut

two discs with a 54mm hole saw from

the scrap of 16mm ply wood. hese will

sit in the holes. Tape over the holes’

underside with fabric tape, position

the discs, then attach with adhesive.

O^5 Make the tone arms

hread the wire through the holes in the

cedar cylinders, wrap it around the tone

arms a few times, then poke it back

through the holes. Secure at the base

with a spare bolt, then trim the excess

with pliers. Line the holes for each tone

arm base with black felt lining tape,

then push into place. he it should be

irm but still removable.

O^6 Attach the elements

Reposition the gears on each deck,

secure with adhesive and weigh down

to dry. Cut two discs for the start/stop

buttons from a scrap of hardwood

plywood using a 54mm hole saw, then

secure with adhesive. Attach the

numbers for the unit model number.

TIP For DJs playing vinyl, Technics

1210s were the industry standard. ❖

BUILD THE DECKS

CENTRE
POINT

WHITE

TURNTABLE ACRYLIC PAINT

RECORD

DECK

BASE

DOWEL

65mm

HOLE SAW

50mm

TURNTABLE

SPINDLE

GEAR

SPACER

FABRIC

TAPE

DECK

UNDERSIDE

16mm

DISC

CYLINDER

WIRE

DOWEL

NEEDLE-NOSE

PLIERS

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