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So off I go to Home Depot today. Bought a 3' piece of 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 aluminium atewangle, a 1/4" brass rod, and a piano hinge. Bought 4$ worth of brass electrical fittings as well. On the way home I stopped at a pharmacy and picked up some Isopropanol 99% and 8 litres of distilled water. From there off to Canadian tire and picked up some soft foam hockey pucks, using them for spacers. From there a stop at a photo shop and picked up some Kodak photo-flo. Then came home and started to build my new ultrasonic record cleaner. Took about 2 hrs and there it stood. I was going to make it nice and fancy, but then I gave my head a shake....its a album cleaner, not a piece of front end gear. Besides.....I really should be spending my DIY time on my SP-15 project. It works well, spins smoothly and holds the albums without slipping, the hockey pucks work well. I use a harder blue one to hold the spindle while I load the albums up.....3 at a time. I havnt had time to give it a test with the fluid and a cleaning cycle...maybe later tonite. I'll let you guys know how it works cleaning albums then. Total Cost: Ultrasonic unit shipped to my post office..........$397.00 Aluminium Angle................................................$22.00 Brass rod............................................................$13.00 Hockey pucks.....................................................$10.00 Rotisserie...........................................................$17.00 Misc parts............................................................$4.00 Photo-flo ...........................................................$10.00 Iso......................................................................$12.00 Distilled water.....................................................$6.00 TOTAL...............................................................$491.00 If it works thats a savings of close to $4000.00......lets see......fingers crossed.

Guess what was waiting for me at the post office yesterday.

My Father in law just ordered this. A pile of things going on in this "ULTRA ALBUM"

Went shopping today at Princess auto.....a "big sells everything" store up here. Was looking for motors to power the spindle. All I could find were 12v DC motors, and they all had RPM way to high anyway......no good to me. I'm looking for something in about 1RPM Wondered up and down the isles....then I spotted it... it even came with a light.... Its almost exactly like this picture, and get this.....1RPM. Was on 1/2 price sale for $17 If it can rotate a big ole roast.....it'll rotate 4 or five albums..... As a bonus I plugged it in and in runs almost silent......sweet.

Yep, thats the one that was used at the hi-fi shop I visited......its the one that got me interested in the ultrasonics. It worked well, but I'd like to see it clean up a good-will album.....some of those are nasty. If I remember correctly they had it selling for $4400 CAD..... Little outta this po' boys price range.

Not sure yet Steve. Some have a cleaning system.....sort of like a fish tank water cleaner. Some use a solution that makes the water bead off, and they basically air dry or use a muffin fan. The gunk should be removed so there shouldnt be anything to suck up if the water in the tank is filtered. Some have rotations of 1RPM, some 6 RPM and others are slower than 1RPM. I wasnt expecting the unit to ship so fast...thought I had 6 weeks to research. I'm going to have to do some reading. I like this DIY effort....but think I can do a bit better.

Was notified that my unit shipped out today. This will make 2 DIY projects along with the slate plinth TT. I will be a busy boy on my days off... This is it.....

Dennis, its going to be a while before that ultra is done.......still have 6 weeks before it gets here. But as soon as I read this thread I was wondering if it would work on them. BTW.....I'm sending that 760x out tomorrow or Monday......couldnt do it last time I was in. Things are finally settling down here now.

Ummm.....isnt that kinda like a band of today doing a remix of, ah, lets say "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" and people going "Wow" thats new.... This guy started it (or was it Kraftwerk?).....or at least made it a household name. Take a listen. What was once old.....still is.... Not for me Kevin, but if it rocks for you....cool. Fon, fon, fon, on the autobon......

Never would of dawned on me that I could torture the cats with this......but now that I know, cool... Seriously.....I never would of thought about the pets......Thanks!

I was listening to a Rega P6 with a nice cart-(cant remember which)-at a local high end store. He put on a few different albums, when he played a Ricky Lee Jones album it popped and cracked. He immediately pulled it off and stuck it in THIS $4000 contraption. 6 mins later he put it back on. I was astounded at the improvement.....no mess no fuss. It sold me on ultrasonics. I should have it built by the end of summer, I'll post a review then.

I've been wanting to build an ultrasonic album cleaner for quite a while now. The main reasons I havnt yet are....1) its expensive to find one thats 60KHz, most are 40KHz, and 2) I have doubts about the quality of the China made "Cheapo" units. So I'm checking out the DIYaudio site on these DIY units when I notice an young American (yes I said American) company is offering 60KHz-6Qt units for $375.00. The catch?....Instead of metal externals, it comes with plastic.....Bingo! Exactly what I've been waiting for. Dont know if any of you have been waiting/ looking......if so this may interest you. Theres a month of pre-order before they start making the DIYaudio batch. I'm ordering mine now . HERES the post, #667, on DIYaudio. HERES a link to the order page

When my 17 yr old daughter brings 17 yr old boys to the house, the first thing they want to do is check out my system, they all want to see "The Record Player" they're mesmerized by it. They dont get it.....its like new technology to them. The second thing 17 yr old boys want to do......is the reason 53 yr old me hangs around too much, according to my daughter.

No......but they magically set carts.....I've seen pics.

My Father in law has that set, he loves it! The Geo disc intrigues me..... ENJOY GENE!!

Show of hands......how many have ZAPPED their wife.....

I dont have to shop for new albums.... I just go to the post office and "Magically" they appear! These are some duplicates that Gene had....Thanks Gene!

Welcome Shortcake.... We've talked before on the other site.....but that was a while ago. Make your self at home.....dance, dance, dance.

This has worked for me as well......for a few decades give or take....good choice Mr G

I went shopping with my wife today. I've heard rumors of a big indoor flea market with a guy that has 20+ thousand albums. The rumors were true....I convinced my wife to come cause she'd enjoy it.. I was flashed looks when we walked in....its huge....it smelled of must and old tobacco...cool. She left me for an hour.... Jeff Wayne.............War of the Worlds Yaz....................... Upstairs at Erics Bad Company........Desolation Angels 10cc.......................Bloody Tourists UB40.....................Labour of Love Rough Trade..........Avoid Freud 54-40....................Show me Doucette................The Douce is loose Max Webster.........Universal juveniles (sealed) My wife picked out: Jean Michel Jarre....Equinoxe Jean Michel Jarre....Oxygene Yep this reads like a radio stations play list in 1985..... one day I'll grow up.

From what I've read the 60-80kh work much better.... Was thinking one revolution, have to figure out how much time per rev, and I'd like to incorporate a fan for drying as well. Talk is cheap......but I've been thinking about one of these for a while now....

Its not so much getting one, its finding a 80kh one thats not worth an arm and a leg. The fricken shipping up here to Canada just blows.....I'll have to save my pennies.