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Albertporter Lenco project

Old image with stock base	New Maple and Oak Plinth	New Plinth, corner view
Close up of top and Shure V 15

Albertporter Lenco project

  Lenco 75 Turntable pic
  Rewire Job Lenco Motor Power cord pic
  Restored Paint Lenco Rebuild Turntable pic
  View of Lenco front Base pic
  View of Lenco Base bottom Turntable pic
  View of Lenco rear Base Turntable pic

Albertporter Lenco project
This is just to document rebuilding the inexpensive Lenco 75 turntable.

I became interested in this due to Jeans thread at Audiogon. Worst case it goes to college with my son.

The first image is the restored Lenco with Decca, sitting on the refinished (original) plinth. The three images with blue backdrop are what was completed last night (Aug 8, '04). This is a solid sandwich of materials, topped with Western Red Oak finished with black lacquer.

The base surrounding the sandwich is solid Maple lumber finished with water based crystal clear (satin) poly.

Decca arm is fitted with Shure V15VxMR cartridge, stepped up by my EAR 834P phono.

Albertporter (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-18-04

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04-18-04 Great job albert! i should do something similar for my son w ... Slipknot1

04-19-04 It's looking really good, albert! Twl

04-19-04 Lovely work! will this be set up for 78's only? Creeper

04-19-04 Albert, the turntable looks fantastic! you'll have to let ... Ewha

04-19-04 Albert, i might also add that your photograph of the lenco i ... Fatparrot

04-19-04 Thanks everyone for the kind words. being an old car racer i ... Albertporter

04-19-04 Albert this is super cool! there's something about the way ... Gunbei

04-20-04 Gunbei, no harm in us trying these old pieces, particularly ... Albertporter

04-20-04 Sweeeet! congratulations mr. porter. indeed, an "hei ... Amandarae

04-20-04 If you need to move the walker to make room for the lenco, j ... Nrchy

04-20-04 Exhibited at the us mint long ago, there was a stack of gold ... Albertporter

04-20-04 Quite the appropriate analogy. :) Audiofankj

04-22-04 As of today i am seriously considering the goldring 1042 as ... Albertporter

04-27-04 I am ordering a ear 834p deluxe and expect it within two wee ... Albertporter

05-11-04 Albert, just noticed these schematics for a multistandard ph ... Gregm

05-11-04 Gregm, looks like a cool project, lots of adjustment for va ... Albertporter

05-12-04 It'd be interesting to know the results if you ever go ahead ... Gregm

05-27-04 So how does it sound? Dennis_the_menace

05-27-04 Dennis, i am embarrassed to say that between family matters ... Albertporter

06-02-04 My lenco produced music today!! my ear 834 p phono arrived ... Albertporter

06-03-04 Albert- i’ve enjoyed watching the progress of your lenco pr ... Gmele

06-04-04 I have mullard, telefunken and others (would have to look at ... Albertporter

06-05-04 Albert- from what i've been able to gather the c1 and c7 are ... Gmele

06-05-04 Thank you gary. i can't afford the great northern mod and m ... Albertporter

08-08-04 System edited: worked all day with a small wood craftsman to ... Albertporter

08-09-04 System edited: final images of my completed lenco. shown ... Albertporter

08-09-04 That looks majestic. i bet it sounds much better than anyone ... Gregm

08-09-04 Thanks gregm. i think the reason i'm so excited is becaus ... Albertporter

08-09-04 System edited: description added to clarify images. Albertporter

11-21-04 I have to say the finished product looks fantastic, making t ... Johnnantais

11-21-04 Johnnantais, platter and top plate restored with a polish f ... Albertporter

11-22-04 Well albert, i suggest a decca cartridge for that second dec ... Johnnantais

09-11-06 In another thread this question was asked: because of that ... Albertporter

02-22-07 Absolutely beautiful job on your lenco. i always liked these ... Vincedog3

11-22-08 The ultimate evolution of this project from five years ago i ... Albertporter