In praise of idlers
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Thank you Peter, its a slightly renovated Russ Collinson plinth, 3012R arm and a lovey re tipped SUPEX and enjoying very much!
Regards Stephen
Excellent stuff.
These days, Russ Collinson has so many followers on youtube that I think it's hard to get him to take orders.
My garrard plinth is one of his layered solid cherry wood ones. Shindo copy.
I believe the cabinets for my grf corner horns may be done be him too.
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When I did my Garrard this time last year Russ Collinson was no longer doing plinths. I got mine done by Carl Ellis in Manchester and the lacquer finish done in London.
A most excellent Shindo copy too I understand but I also think he is no longer making plinths but using his skills elsewhere. As for those corner horns with hand built Abbas crossovers to boot, well that would be interesting if Collinson made the Horn Cabinets as I understand he builds furniture now so very possible. I may be wrong.
I managed to find my plinth second hand. An early and well used square cornered model. Now with a little more polish and shellac and cut outs made for an SME and an additional arm-board for later additions.
I think the problem is that you can get very good plinths online from Europe and also made in the UK very cheaply. Of course lots of people DIY, which is half the fun.
Carl Ellis was recommended to me by Ray Clark of CTC because Carl’s templates are specifically measured for CTC’s machined aluminium Garrard 301 base, which are slightly different to the originals, plus the screws come from underneath rather than through the base plate into the plinth.
Carl only wanted £500 to make the plinth and veneer it (I supplied the veneer). I got the intensive 16 coats of polished lacquer and 6 shelves veneered and satin coated done in London for £850. So the plinth was perhaps £1,000, and would have been only £600 if I’d asked Carl just to slap on some satin or gloss. It just not economic and there is a lot of time spent discussing with the client and sorting out veneers.
I bought some kitchen bar stools from a bespoke furniture company in Yorkshire where Russ Collinson lives. There is far more money in that line of business and I suspect he is now doing that sort of work. https://www.treske.co.uk/
I got to know Simon Gavin quite well. He made me some bespoke furniture, my record cabinet and a hifi cabinet that my wife now uses in her clinic. He created the excellent Blok product. He got bored doing it, sold it to Monitor Audio and now has much more fun making kitchens and the like.
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