a few photos of my modified kingston cutter

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[cymbalism]

Nice work B!

[d]

Very nice work!

Did it in compact way. Is it PVC? Quite thick thou!

[Aussie0zborn]

Very nice!

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Nah its polycarbonate from cymbalism.
I just made a little suspension as well.
It cuts really nice and perzise. to get a proper stainless steel platter was the best idea i ever had though. lol

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Its cool. Thats technics sp10?

[fraggle]

i made a little suspension. i can only recommend this for everyone using a kingston. it's just so much easier to cut now.

[mossboss]

Smart young fart
Cheers

[d]

This is from RC car?

How does it helps you to cut? Do you use silicon fluid for it?

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[fraggle]

yes it's from an rc car.
it basically stops the head from oscillating. i had that issue that it moved up and down a little because the head hangs on a spring.
the stylus also moves down very gently now so hopefully no broken styly anymore:)
you can buy all sorts of oil for that mate.
and yes it is a technics sp10

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I have a little interest in RC cars long ago. And as a matter of fact I tried it on the lathe but it seemed too stiff by itself. Well, the fluid as I remember was the same, but inner plate with holes represented the stiffness. I used the biggest ones to loosen things but it was stiff too... I thought that this system is good if used with advance ball because when in any reason the recording disk is warped a little then the stylus will do a deeper groove.

[JayDC]

did you completely replace the spring? or are you using both

[fraggle]

I replaced the spring of the oil damper.
Otherwise it would have been to stiff.
all it does now its slowing down the movement up & down and stops it from oscillating. you probably could use the srping as well if you had a differnt damper.
cheers

[andybee]

very cute!
so, you can now cut 14inches!
how does the plate hold on the plater?
normally, vaccum is used, or do you have
a special rubber mat?
very nice work, man!

[fraggle]

hey andy i don't have a solution for this yet.
at the moment i clamp the discs in the center and tag it down with blue tag.
works quite well but it's a pain in the arse:)
yes i can cut 14" . i'll try that soon.
cheers

[JuanPabloCuervo]

do you have a Playback head/arm mounted on the SP10MK2?
how do you test?

Thanks

[d]

Hey Fraggle,

wanted to know more about you suspension from RC car. I have got back to experimenting with that again. And came a long the same problems that is too stiff. Tried changing oil and chaged inserts with more holes for oil to pass freely. Maybe you have done some more modifications to it or it just went good for you from the first try?

If so then maybe you can give a model name and numbers of that suspension to see what exactly are you using.

[fraggle]

hey mate,
it doesn't. We probably have to go for a more high end suspension.
This one was 20 bucks. it worked in the beginning but now not really anymore. pain in the arse.
let me know if you found a solution.
cheers

[d]

So you can confirm it is too stiff or it does not work for you other way?

i havent tried to cut yet. drilled more holes to the oil plate inside the suspension. it went more loose. there is different oil for these suspensions.
really it have to be very soft and not stiff that is for sure. if too stiff it makes difference in the weight control on the stylus. so be careful.