Haha yes this one is perfect... there is a box in the garage full of ones that aren’t though!! I never fell off on the road, but if you don’t have a few tumbles on track, then you’re not trying hard enoughThat crash bung was a bit pristine. Not trying hard enough!I damaged mine dropping the bike in the garage.
I am not a tinkerer so prefer an off the shelf solution, really like the look of these big old decks. How do they compare to Garrards?These Lencos are a really accessible deck to have a play with. Nowhere near the financial commitment of something like a Garrard for example. Mine sounds superb but took a lot of tweaking to get there. It has an upgraded main bearing which is also braced from below and there was also a lot of trial and error in getting the plinth right, but worth it
I feel they stand up well to comparisons with Garrards or similar idler drive decks like some Thorens. Ultimately a 401/301 or 124 is going to be better, all things being equal, but they all need careful servicing and setting up, plus decent plinths and arms. Once sorted though, they are fairly low maintenance, apart from servicing, but they are never going to be completely fit and forget like a Rega or similar for example.
Go to Lenco Heaven to see what can be done. I will probably buy a PTP6 conversion when I rebuild mine. https://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php
Yeah, I thought I read that somewhere... could be interesting. Will certainly add damping to the armtube but also change the mass quite a bit...
Yes - PTP6 looks fantastic. That'd be what I'd get as I like the speed control on the deck itself.
Pretty much what my WT is standing on; squash balls in plastic tubes. I know WT turntables get some stick for their simplicity and slightly slung together look but there must be some serious thought behind them as they work so well. My main gripe is not so much what they cost but that they charge so much when they are made by Opera Audio in China which is a bit naughty but, hey, they sound good.
My 401 plinth is Ikea chopping board based too! It's the big one, about 70cm x 50, with a lip that I had to cut off, and all made from hardwood blocks about 25mm or 30mm sq. I'd be going hardwood for the arm suspension post too, or possibly a composite with 8mm copper microbore for the crossbar and hardwood upright drilled 8mm (obvs) to take the copper pipe. Rubber O rings could retain the monofilament hanger, as could turned down and drilled nuts. You can do that on an electric drill and a grinder if you don't have a lathe. I also have a chromed bar, threaded one end, that came from a cafetiere and is in the spares box, I'd be eyeing that covetously too. Have fun building.
It's what engineers do. All engineers start with a parts catalogue and make their design fit the parts that are readily available. That's why the Vauxhall Vectra has an identical rear disc and handbrake arrangement to the Cavalier, I know, having serviced them both. It was a great piece of design when they developed it in 1989, the same parts from the same suppliers did just as good a job 15 years later. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw it on some Vauxhall-Opel saloon 10 years from now. I'm pretty sure it found its way onto the GM-era Saab too, and why not? It's the old Henry Ford saw about any fool can make a car for $10,000, but it takes an engineer to make one that works for $1,000.
I didn't know that! I've had several Opera/Consonance pieces and they are very well made.
Hi, it's what is called in Lenco-land a 'stacked platter'. It's basically one platter on top of the other, with an extended spindle adapter to line them up and also mean you have a spindle poking out of the top
