Rudy81 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Wood is your friend, unless you have a full metal shop. If you can't find a large enough, solid piece of wood....make your own by cutting as many 3/4" plywood donuts as needed. Then glue them together to the height needed. Nice thing is it is inexpensive and can be finished to taste...granted, not as cool as a solid piece of metal. You can make any shape you wish that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 15 hours ago, rplace said: I want to make a housing for the motor of my turntable. Currently VPI has SAMA that house a Hurst motor. They look like this. and hold a motor like this. Note Round part is below square top plate I have a SOTA Total Eclipse which is a drop in replacement for the Hurst motor Here is the link https://sotaturntables.com/products/total-eclipse-package/ I got the idea from many of these I have seen for tonearms. So I want to make a cement version of the stainless thing VPI has. Very much like the pictures in first link. I measured my VPI one and it is right at 5" OD the hurst square plate is just about 2.25. If you check the SOTA link they have actual dimensions for the motor in a PDF. I currently have the Sota motor in the VPI base, so the measurements need to be close but not exact because the square plate can cover up a bit of the round hole for the motor. Never had any idea how diverse the market is for machined audio parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 15 hours ago, Rudy81 said: Wood is your friend, unless you have a full metal shop. If you can't find a large enough, solid piece of wood....make your own by cutting as many 3/4" plywood donuts as needed. Then glue them together to the height needed. Nice thing is it is inexpensive and can be finished to taste...granted, not as cool as a solid piece of metal. You can make any shape you wish that way. He needs much more density than wood though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Understood. Not owning a turntable since the 1970's I have no clue as to the technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 What does the cement do for the motor besides heating it up? JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 6 hours ago, JJkizak said: What does the cement do for the motor besides heating it up? Holds it stable and in one place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I would look for some scrap granite or marble from a counter top installer. I would bet they could stack a few pieces and cut them for you, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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