The Moth Record Cleaner
Posted by: woodface on 20 March 2001
I have finally got round to completing the building of this kit! One piece of advice for potential purchasers, wait a little longer and buy one readymade! Basically this project was a nightmare! Non of the componants fitted as they should and had to be 'fettled', the box took an age to make as it was needlessly complicated and the instructions were somewhat vague. Anyway now it is built (with the help of my father in law) I can highly recomend the concept of this device. It certainly makes listening to records even more enjoyable and reveals extra info from the discs in a way similar to a major upgrade. In fairness the benefits are many including prolonged stylus life. Go for it but get the thing ready built.
Posted on: 21 March 2001 by woodface
Too be honest I am a ham fisted fool but my father-in-law is long served Tool Maker! It should have been a breeze but wasn't. It really does make your records sound cleaner although it will obviously not repair damaged grooves, it seems to push surface noise to the rear and brings the performance forward. One wierd thing about it is that your records subjectively sound less 'loud'. This is a bit disconcerting at first but you soon realise that there is more music and less gunk!
Posted on: 21 March 2001 by colin thomas
I built one about 6 years ago. It is a little complicated but I don't remember having any real problems and would recommend having a go. I don't know what the price diferential is these days but I saved about £150 at the time.
Posted on: 22 March 2001 by woodface
Is the passage of time dimming the horrible memories of this project? It was a collection of little things that did it for me; the switches not fitting in the metal housing provided was particularly irksome. Mine is the MK11 version, the kit saved me £200.
Posted on: 23 March 2001 by colin thomas
I don't think I've forgotten much about the assembly. It needed quite a few panels and the instructions took a bit of understanding but it all fitted together pretty well. Mine would have been the original version however.
Posted on: 12 December 2001 by John C
I have a huge backlog of second hand records to clean and finally need to take the plunge. I can't afford £400-450 for the VPI or ready made Moth. I hate ironing so disc doctor is not for me. So the question has anyone else made the Moth? As an illustration of my DIY prowess I usually take 3-4 months to assemble the kids Christmas toys. Is it possible for a klutz to make it?
John
Posted on: 12 December 2001 by Alex S.
Make sure you don't build a Record Moth Cleaner by mistake.
Alex
Posted on: 12 December 2001 by Stephen Bennett
I built one - rather I got a friend to build one and gave him some beer. I recon I could have made it easily if I had a workshop. Electrics were easy, I put it together myself.
Results?
Superb!!!
get the kit
Stephen
Posted on: 12 December 2001 by John C
Alex maybe you could box together a cobble me for.
John..
Posted on: 12 December 2001 by P
I just built a Mk2 Moth machine and apart from a couple of minor anomolies with the drawings and a bit of a tight fit on the aluminium plates I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable projects I've undertaken in a long while.
If you have the tools and the patience the bits of woody stuff costs very little. You do have to be quite accurate and precise though.
Total cost equated to £275. I'd call that a bargain. The best I ever haaaaaadddddd!!!
Crash Bang Wallop
P.
Posted on: 20 December 2001 by Stephen Bennett
