Build acrylic turntable cover - plexiglass box DIY

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Acrylic and tool sources:
E-Street Plastics
Tapp Plastics
Craftics
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@123johnp123 Ай бұрын

That turned out really nice!

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

It did. John is quite the craftsman.

@MusicalBox Ай бұрын

Wow! That is an impressive result. Good job! The reduced height looks much better. I bet one could also come up with a way to reproduce or reuse the Dual sticker on the new cover.

@ronniepirtlejr2606 Ай бұрын

We used Marvel Mystery Oil on are router bearings. I worked as a cabinet maker in the mid-90s for a large manufacturing company, called "Midwest woodworking in fixture Corporation Southern Illinois division II. " We built & shipped stores all over the world. Some of the stores were famous bar, Lord & Taylor, the dressbarn, The Body Shop & a lot more ! The item I always built was called a cash n wrap. It's a big jewelry display case / cash register piece of furniture that is around 12' ft long. It has several drawers behind it for the workers and a printer storage location under it. I worked there for 5 years before they shut down and moved away. I really enjoyed doing that kind of work! Everyone in our Woodshop who used a router, always used Marvel Mystery Oil on the little router bearing to keep it from burning up. They used it for the 25+ years before I worked there & while I was there.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

I've always felt the solution to the Marvel Mystery was licorice. At least that's what it smells like to me. Man I hate licorice. I know some folks like it but I just can't stand it. So I'm not a fan of Marvel oil due to the smell.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I learned the hard way to lubricate those bearings or they would seize up and mar the acrylic.

@mikebond6328 Ай бұрын

⁠@@1pcfredThe spice that gives licorice its distinctive flavor is anise.

@mikebond6328 Ай бұрын

I use Marvel Mystery Oil in my old high mileage car. It’s the only thing that stops the spark plug pinging. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to use it for other things. Personally, I like the smell. I also like the smell of 3 in 1 Oil which reminds me of childhood when my granny used it for “sewing machine oil.”

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

@@mikebond6328 I don't like anisette either.

@terencekaye9948 Ай бұрын

Hahaaaaah! Front row seats! 😁

@dalemettee1147 Ай бұрын

John, nice t/t. I also had a Dual. Mine was a model CS721. A direct drive with a Shure V15 type III cart. Best ever!

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

Nicer than expected. The tone arm pivots are all ball bearing and an 8 pole synchronous motor.

@JetLagRecords Ай бұрын

JohnAudioTech, wanna collab keep it up

@karllangeveld6449 Ай бұрын

Very nice job, John!

@migalito1955 Ай бұрын

Cool beans. I've not been a fan of plastic & I myself would probably have gone SteamPunk style using laminated thin wood like when building a guitar's sound board & sides and some nice brass for accents. Of course it'd sure not look factory anymore....

@northox Ай бұрын

Nice

@HillsWorkbench Ай бұрын

Hope you made two! Save that old cover for me, I might restore that other Dual I showed you.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I'll bring it up. I'll save the jig I made so I can make you a cover once it is restored.

@jeffro. Ай бұрын

I've worked with plexiglass when I was much, much, much younger (teens, early 20s). You pointed out every single mistake I made! In my defense, back then there was no YT (or internet), and I never had anyone teach me anything about building anything. No shop class, nothing. I used my dad's tools, and the only things he had that you used were the table saw and files. My things still turned out fairly nice, the joints were the bad parts. I managed to get rid of many of the rough edges when I glued it up. (only 1 small bubble out of a few projects!). I would never flame polish either. In our department in the medical school, there was a machine shop where we had a full-time machinest to build things out of different materials for various experiments. There was a LOT of plexiglass used. That guy always tried to flame polish things because he was lazy. It always ruined it. Finally, the department chairman or someone called him out on it, because everyone was tired of receiving ugly parts, so he had to start machining edges. Good job! Your turntable looks wonderfully!

@codebeat4192 Ай бұрын

Very, very, very nice result! Really impressed by the result. You did a great job!

@voa.aquino Ай бұрын

Saved video! Someday it will be useful! Thanks!

@Mr_Wh1 Ай бұрын

Hey John. If the problem with the vinyl record is dirt and grime, then I've seen a trick where you smear wood glue onto the surface and peal the glue layer of when it has dyed.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I saw a video of that. Some of my records (I inherited) are just worn out. Probably groove damage from being played with a worn stylus.

@jerryking2418 Ай бұрын

Very well done. You seem to know your way around acrylic.

@ergindemir7366 Ай бұрын

I would prefer transparent grey color.

@ElectricEvan Ай бұрын

tap plastics is just about working with plastic

@richardsinger01 Ай бұрын

Excellent new lid. I'd like to know what solvent is in the liquid cement - I used xylene which was fairly successful, but not as good as yours. My acyrlic lid doesn't stay open either.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I use a cement made for acrylic. It contains Methylene chloride and other components.

@andymouse Ай бұрын

Nice one John !

@terrynicklin417 Ай бұрын

Great job! I've been wanting to do this for ages for my Garrard 301 but never had the confidence until now. It would have been good to see you doing the routing - how fast to move the bit, one pass or two etc. Also I believe that many types of acrylic will melt as you try to cut / drill / saw them, so I'd be interested to know what to specify.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I run about 1" per sec. Two main types of acrylic are cast and extruded. Both machine the same with the tools I used.

@terrynicklin417 Ай бұрын

@@JohnAudioTech Thanks John. Much appreciated.

@ewhibs Ай бұрын

Impressive.

@mikebond6328 Ай бұрын

Bravo 👏🏻

@VIPINSAINI_20 Ай бұрын

nice

@martinda7446 27 күн бұрын

Now that turned out nice... How about the DUAL in the centre? I'd have to attempt that.

@leiferickson3183 Ай бұрын

Awesome! I never knew how this could be done before.

@mosfet500 25 күн бұрын

Nice job, thanks for the tips!

@victimovtalent6036 Ай бұрын

Metal hand pointing at 20th second

@bobisyouruncle1 Ай бұрын

Awesome job, buddy 👍👍

@SkullDraizer Ай бұрын

That cover looks really good.

@kjetilvalde2788 28 күн бұрын

Wow, nice work. Better than new now!

@envisionelectronics Ай бұрын

My comment about this (that got deleted) was about John not being super upfront on this topic. He is a professional acrylic fabricator but the title and the commentary makes this seem as if it’s DIY. It’s not. In the interest of your subscribers, I would have rather you explained your experience…

@mikebond6328 Ай бұрын

A professional fabricator is the perfect person to teach the diy’er.

@JohnAudioTech Ай бұрын

I have experience but that is not the point. None of the tools are exotic. People who DIY or woodwork probably have it all anyway. I shared some of my "tricks". You have to bring the DIY spirit. If I had a fabricator replicate that cover in acrylic, that's a $300 job given the extra detail with those cut outs. Some would refuse it. I guess if the YT A.I. detects certain negativity it deletes messages. I haven't deleted any message in a couple months.