{"id":1851,"date":"2013-08-26T18:13:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2013-08-26T19:09:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T18:09:47","slug":"lenco-turntable-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenco turntable (part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rare\u00a0occasion\u00a0in my hi-fi life is too see me switching from electronics to basic mechanics. I&#8217;m not either good with woodworking or mechanics :). Either way, the GL75 rebuild is coming along quite fast. I sealed the original arm holes in the top plate and painted it yesterday. Today, I spent all morning waxing the plinth. The afternoon was devoted to rebuilding the Lenco turntable mechanism and testing the re-lubed motor and spindle. I still need to do further calibration, but so far so good.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of the building steps:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-square tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bartola.co.uk\\\/valves\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/26\\\/lenco-turntable-part-i\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:35997060}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 840px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"840\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 840px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"840\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/20130826-181202-jpg\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"836\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"836\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1850\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181202.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377524582&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20130826-181202.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181202.jpg?fit=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181202.jpg?fit=840%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181202.jpg?w=836&#038;h=836&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"836\" height=\"836\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"836\" data-original-height=\"836\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20130826-181202.jpg\" alt=\"plinth and arm\" style=\"width: 836px; height: 836px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> plinth and arm <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/20130826-181111-jpg\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1847\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377453031&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20130826-181111.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?fit=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?fit=840%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?w=276&#038;h=276&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181111.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 828w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20130826-181111.jpg\" alt=\"top plate ready for paint\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> top plate ready for paint <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/20130826-181129-jpg\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1848\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377506634&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20130826-181129.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?fit=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?fit=840%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?w=276&#038;h=276&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181129.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 828w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20130826-181129.jpg\" alt=\"painted top plate\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> painted top plate <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/20130826-181147-jpg\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377520787&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20130826-181147.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?fit=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?fit=840%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?w=276&#038;h=276&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826-181147.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=276%2C276&amp;ssl=1 828w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20130826-181147.jpg\" alt=\"waxed plinth\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> waxed plinth <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare\u00a0occasion\u00a0in my hi-fi life is too see me switching from electronics to basic mechanics. I&#8217;m not either good with woodworking or mechanics :). Either way, the GL75 rebuild is coming along quite fast. I sealed the original arm holes in the top plate and painted it yesterday. Today, I spent all morning waxing the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/2013\/08\/26\/lenco-turntable-part-i\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lenco turntable (part I)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[162,421,5],"tags":[408,406,422,788],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-source","category-turntable","category-valves","tag-gl75","tag-lenco","tag-lenco-gl75","tag-turntable"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2r2tK-tR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartola.co.uk\/valves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}