@matt j - Looks good, how does she sound?
Hard to say, I had it running briefly and it sounded ok but then I double checked the cartridge alignment and I'm a channel down now, don't know if I've goosed the cart or what.
@matt j - Looks good, how does she sound?
The Brinkmann collar is a bit pants for the diy'er. I've got heavy (Magna Audio) stand alone base if you want to try a pod in the future, it doesn't work with my idlers.
How is the bearing mounted to the woodwork?
If you mean my DIY effort then the bearing is attached using the same method as the Rega bearing, there is an external thread on the bearing well and it is fixed with a nut and washer.
I did mean that one, yes. So the vertical alignment of the bearing is entirely dependent on the alignment of the hole drilled for it. There's no adjustment if it turns out to be slightly off?
Not really, only if you make the hole so tight that the bearing is forced to sit at whatever angle you drilled it at, there is a gnats knacker's worth of slack between the hole to bearing so the underside face/lip of the bearing well always seats flush to the top of the plinth. First thing I did was spin it up by hand and it was so true that it produced an optical illusion of appearing to be completely static.