How It's Made: Turntables

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[LambentOrt]

I love how the tonearm alignment was done with a ruler and the old "let's eyeball it" technique. That's just so analog.

[jaewan]

The footage of the lathe cutting the workpieces were shot so beautifully!

[ramonzeira]

"It's time for the vinyl test" was the best pun till today.

[mysockC]

2:00 I like how they cut to the final small part being peened to have a satin finish with a bushing in it after it's been CNC'd from a big-ass billet of metal. You could literally make the same part using powdered metal or die casting, but then it wouldn't be "audiophile grade." Classic.

[nintendogamer]

Man I love this show....I remember my dad & I watching a lot of them in the afternoon back in the day.

[mike..r]

Countless amount of turntables I repaired back in the day, from Dual to Denon to B & O.
I'd rather have one of those than the one in this video.

[JoeLaFon]

Ooooh so THIS is the level of craftsmanship that goes into a Crosley Cruiser. Neat!

[SatanicJamnic]

3:34 That soldering killed me xD Looks like first attempt of a baby to solder wires xD

[iteerrex]

The shoddy diy electrical work, did not match the high-end mechanical parts.

[fake_satan]

Well well well... How the turn tables!

[_Jigen]

That soldering and heat shrinking was painful to watch.. Can afford CNC mills and lathes but not better electrical fab training?

[yambo]

For what this thing costs I would expect more accuracy than "lets eyeball it" --

[TomislavKoren]

My dorsal fin got out of my back after I saw that soldering. And shrink tubing.

[jeromeprater]

Most very high grade turntables use air bearings or oil floated journals with heavy brass, glass, ceramic or stainless steel platters. You can also choose from direct drive ironless eddy current or belt driven AC synchronous motors. They can weight hundreds of pounds and cost tens of thousands of dollars.

[jantepas]

So much automated fabrication, and then lining the arm on the eye? High quality components, but shrinking with an iron? This can be done better.

[donaldvincent]

All of that beautiful machine work, carbon fiber, and design, then install a $2 motor and belt. Wow!

[prosamis]

Finally, the answer to the ultimate question that perplexed mankind for so long: oh how the turn tables...

[justinchamberlin]

I think I could have soldered and wired that better, and I'm awful at soldering. This is a $50 turntable rather than a $5000 turntable...right? Right? I'm struggling to justify buying a new tone arm for the Thorens TD-124 in my parents' basement, never mind dropping an amount of cash that could be the down payment on a new car on a new turntable.

[eaterofcrayons]

Machine operated milling is so satisfying to watch

[TheLOL]

Are we not gonna talk about how at 3:40 he just mashes the bare wires inside the joint, not thinking about shorting or other kinds of interference?!