Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?


I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
128x128halcro
Halcro, I would like to post those photos of my QL10 plinth here. Does that require first posting them somewhere on the internet, like Photobucket or Google photos? Or can I post them from my computer desktop? Thanks. It seems that I need to put them up on the internet first.

To create a link via Audiogon instructions:

Using Markup Tags.

Pictures are links only as Audiogon has no database to store picture files therefore one must upload photos to outside website a la photobucket, tinypic, imgur, etc...

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Lewm, In response to your questions on 4/16/14 about the quilted material and the EMI shield I refer you to the "Nude Turntable" thread and my responses on 8/27/12 and 9/16/13, and the surrounding entries. Hopefully these entries will cover the ground.
Gary
Gary, I found on that thread or another DD-related thread that I first wrote about shielding the motor in my L07D, and you asked ME questions at that time. So I assume you proceeded from there, but to find out what exactly I am looking at in your photos, I will seek out the posts you cite. Sadly, the product "TI Shield" seems no longer to be available. One might use mu metal or ERS cloth or just a sheet of copper or stainless or etc. Each has slightly different properties as a shield.