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Getting a 12" arm on that chassis is quite a feat!

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CometCKO

In Reply to: RE: Tonearm choices for "new" Empire 208: Help?? posted by dancingseamonkey on April 26, 2012 at 12:25:41

I guess the question is... How does it sound?

Thanks for the link!!

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RE: Getting a 12" arm on that chassis is quite a feat! - dancingseamonkey 19:48:13 04/26/12 (4)
It sounds great! Very detailed 3d imaging and a big sound stage. I think with the mods you want to make the sky is the limit for tone arms. I have a nice piece of slate I want to do the same thing you are planing with aluminum for my other Empire. If you like the finish I had it bead blasted it is like sand blasting but they use fine glass beads.

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Edits: 04/26/12
- I like the bead-blasting idea! - CometCKO 20:10:45 04/26/12 (3)
  I've been playing around with diamond hones too, which give a nice finish after a pass through the Bridgeport milling machine.
  
  Did you use any other coating? It DOES look nice!
  
  Frank
  
  "Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
  - RE: I like the bead-blasting idea! - dancingseamonkey 07:32:52 04/27/12 (2)
    Here is another picture in better light. I had first had it powder coated and did not like it at all so I stripped it and took it to a metal refinisher and he did the bead blasting and put a satin finish on it. I like it much better, the powder coating made it look like plastic and took away the sharp lines of the metal.
    
    "To Do Is To Be" Socrates
    "To Be Is To Do" Plato
    "Do Be Do Be Do" Sinatra
    - I only miss the "turning" marks of the original - CometCKO 13:53:43 04/27/12 (1)
      I like the original surface faux "engine turning" swirls. Short of using a diamond-bit hone, I wonder how one could create those for real, concentric with the center spindle.
      
      Your finish is one of the nicer ones I've seen vs. just plain aluminium.
      
      "Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
      - RE: I only miss the "turning" marks of the original - dancingseamonkey 12:15:20 04/28/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I only miss the "turning" marks of the original posted by CometCKO on April 27, 2012 at 13:53:43
        
        Take it to a metal plater/refinisher and see what they can do some of them are great craftsmen or see if there is a place that does anodizing, that is what is on the original.
        
        "To Do Is To Be" Socrates
        "To Be Is To Do" Plato
        "Do Be Do Be Do" Sinatra
        
        Edits: 04/28/12

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