Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

lewm

 I must have missed any previous mention of your plinth adventures 
regarding the QL-10/TT-101.

My new plinth for the TT-101 is a modified Artisan Fidelity "style" CLD 
design with sub plates to raise the 2 arm boards done in Rosewood.
I'm really enjoying getting back into woodworking.

Unfortunate that this site is stuck in the dark ages when it comes to some of the common niceties like pictures, messaging etc etc.

No experience with the UA7045, that is the shorter of the series 
the other being UA7--85 or something?

Halcro was/is very clever at posting his photos on one of the on-line websites and then quoting the URL here.  Others have done the same. Probably that is what we should do too.  Or one could possibly put the photos on the System page here on Audiogon; I tried that a few months ago but could not make it work.  I already do have some old photos up there.

Yes, UA7045 is 9-incher.  There is also a 12-inch version with a different numeric designation, maybe 7085, as you suggest.  Someone on the Analog Forum mentioned that the 7045 has a relatively low effective mass, suitable for high compliance cartridges.

Artisan Fidelity make some beautiful stuff, so I imagine your plinth is quite nice. PBNs plinths for Denons are fantastic too.  

Having mentioned seeing some pictures of a boxed TT-101 some time
ago and confirming the leather type mat being a originally supplied item,
member JP has publicly posted pictures of his find.

http://fidelisanalog.com/2016/11/25/barn-find-victor-tt-101/

Thanks for that totem....
Does that mean JP owns that TT-101?
Do you think that the markings on the top of the base plinth are some protective coating or just tarnishing?

Hi Halcro, 

The top on this one isn't painted like most - it's brushed and anodized.  The discoloration you see is what the raw casting looks like. 

http://fidelisanalog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/11/IMG_2102.jpg