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I am trying to make a turntable from wood. Since I first took apart my 1210s to calibrate brakes and the pitch fader (they are notoriuosly skewed), i always wanted to do something about the case. That was when i was 16 or 17, so 10 years later i am finally getting to it.

The problem, as you can see in the picture, is milling or routing a piece of wood so it can accomodate the circuit boards and motor. Since the alloy case it not milled but cast, it is much finer and has a lot of very thin edges and nooks. Also, there is a very heavy inlay between the case and the lower rubber part which eliminates noise and feedback from the ground. Since i am planning to use the deck as a living room player only, I am not going to need all the noise resistance, which makes the design very easy.

I am currently glueing together some boards to go about a first routing experiment. Thick boards (think 5-8 cm) are pretty expensive, as i found out, so i will use this for trying. Right now, the question is whether i follow the original design closely or if i want to replace it with a much more natural, plank-like design which leaves only tonearm and platter in its original place.

Let’s see.