Nude Turntable Project

Halcro: you wrote,

It is now possible for me to design a circular aluminium frame cut and welded out of 10mm thick flats into which I can just 'drop' the Victor.

I think this guy 'stole' your idea. Looks very cool.

Banquo,
I have the sheet under the platter as Halcro described. I also covered the entire interior of the chassis with the 3m product as I described along with the underside of the rim (which is how I describe the silver ring that the controls are on), and of course 80% of the tin can at the bottom. I couldn't be happier with that work.

Another thing that I did more recently is to put steel/neoprene washers between the motor and the chassis. I realized that the chassis is actually a plinth of sorts as the motor and bearing are self-contained and supported by the chassis. So the table isn't really nude after all.
The new washers replace a double layer of steel and copper washers that were there. Most TT motors that reside inside a plinth (both idlers and belts) are shock mounted, now mine is too. If anyone wants instructions on how to do this, let me know. Highly recommended.

As for your open bearing area, no big deal - I recently reopened mine to measure the ball bearing so I can replace it with a ceramic ball (it is 4mm - considerably smaller than I remembered). I refilled it with Mobil One. I don't think it matters which synthetic oil you chose - any good one will run in a car engine for 10 - 15,000 miles without breaking down so a turntable won't ever effect it.

My TT-101 is running better than ever. Starts right up from a long hiatus. Don't ask me why. Makes me smile.

Thanks, Aigenga.

I have EAR Isodamp (a 3m product) sheets on the way and I'll be following your lead.

I know about those motor washers because one of them evidently 'escaped' and ended up stuck to the rotor, thus causing one of the problems with my turntable. I'm game to try these steel/neoprene washers. Where does one get these things?

Regarding the bearing: how did you support the table while accessing the bearing? My platter was riding low so I had to adjust that big screw, but I had a devil of a time handling the turntable with screwdriver in hand. I can't imagine trying to clean the bearing and changing the oil w/o an extra pair of hands.

Yes Banquo....it does indeed look my idea and I'm pleased someone did it.
I need to get around to doing something myself....but my friendly metal-shop man has retired and I'm a bit loathe to 'tender' out the fabrication to some unknown operators?

By the looks of things.....there appears to be a growing 'band' of 'nuded' Victor TT owners out there?
It must sound good for this scale of 'adoption' :-)

When you have time.....I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the differences between the TT-101 and the Technics SP10/II?
Of course.....if the music is great.....you may not want to waste your time writing instead of listening?
Enjoy.

Dear Banquo363/Halcro: That's exactly what I did several years ago with my Denon's, I posted here and in the past in other threads.

Difference was that I used natural marble and natural onyx stones ( beautiful look for say the least. ) all that supported for the AT 616 pneumatic footers. I still have those stone bases but are so big that I have no space to use it again with my Victor 71/Denon 80/75. Yes, it works fine.

When I have some time I will test it again against the nude one in real time.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.