User, 19 Oct 2026: stack records with spacers; the plates are aluminium
and should be cut locally.
- Where it sits: 50 records a stack (Cascade), a flat aluminium plate
every 10 records to start (MY45; Mobineko uses one per record; the
Classic handles plates itself), full discs not ring spacers.
- Plates: 5052 (5083 if anodised), 3 mm, diameter and hole to Newbilt's
drawing; 28 per 1220 x 2440 sheet, sheet about THB 8,300 ex VAT
(OneStockHome, 3003), THB 350 to 450 a plate cut and deburred
(estimate); fibre laser or waterjet, Chiang Mai shops listed; deburred,
flatness check, kept clean. About 350 plates for a 24 h queue
(THB 120k to 160k), 100 to 130 for 8 h.
- Spiral cooling tower considered and not taken (full queue USD 75k to
120k for 8 h, dust, no stack weight); a 30 to 60 min spiral stays a
later option.
- Next steps: Newbilt plate drawing; new plate and settling trial
(plate every 5/10/25, warp at 1 h and 24 h).