Julie Moriarty
04-17-2015, 10:30 AM
This is a base for a turntable (upside down). It evolved. :rolleyes:
Yesterday I was mortising the feet to accept the corners of the maple platform the turntable will sit in. I've been keeping some fairly tight tolerances and planned to glue everything together, including the platform to the side panels. That's how the original is made. But then it dawned on me, the platform and side panels on the original are manufactured wood products, not real wood. And I wondered if I need to make the platform float inside the dadoes on the panels?
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/Dual%201229%20Plinth/1229_plinth_11_zpsuwrrwwkj.jpg
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/Dual%201229%20Plinth/1229_plinth_12_zpsjzo5pzuw.jpg
In the turntable world, some refer to the turntable base as a plinth. That means it should be a solid base and probably something that would help absorb vibration. If I floated the platform, I'm thinking I would have to do something to make sure there was no chance for added vibration.
What would you do?
Yesterday I was mortising the feet to accept the corners of the maple platform the turntable will sit in. I've been keeping some fairly tight tolerances and planned to glue everything together, including the platform to the side panels. That's how the original is made. But then it dawned on me, the platform and side panels on the original are manufactured wood products, not real wood. And I wondered if I need to make the platform float inside the dadoes on the panels?
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/Dual%201229%20Plinth/1229_plinth_11_zpsuwrrwwkj.jpg
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab233/jules42651/Woodworking/Dual%201229%20Plinth/1229_plinth_12_zpsjzo5pzuw.jpg
In the turntable world, some refer to the turntable base as a plinth. That means it should be a solid base and probably something that would help absorb vibration. If I floated the platform, I'm thinking I would have to do something to make sure there was no chance for added vibration.
What would you do?