belt ? or Dental Floss for turntable

The problem with floss or any other string drive belt is the knot. Belt drive aficionados apparently believe that the knot creates problems as it passes over the pulley or the circumference of the platter. I have seen whole threads devoted to how to tie a particular kind of knot that causes fewer problems than some other kind of knot. There is no pun intended, when I use the word thread. And it is no longer April 1. 

Lewm

I have seen whole threads devoted to how to tie a particular kind of knot that causes fewer problems than some other kind of knot.

There are threads for every audiophile problem.

You run the knot on the outside. The key is the tension and this changes with the material used, and the type of platter/bearing/plinth. .

A) There are tables designed for thread, and people use them with belts.
B) There are tables designed for belt, and people use them with thread.

Its not hard to imagine the results.

But since the OP owns a technics sl1600 I don’t think he really cares.

Exactly. An April Fool's thread that has taken on a life of its own.

Because there is no issue too silly for us audiophiles to take seriously. In so saying, I include myself.

I've been using #2 silk bead thread for several years on a VPI TNT with flywheel.  Instead of tying a knot, I switched to gluing the ends together. The glue I used is called Liquid stitch.  I made a jig by putting two nails in a board, loop the thread over the nails and then wrap the tag ends around each other and secure it with clothespins.  Then I apply glue (not much) to the area where the ends are looped together.  Once it dries I cut the tag ends off with a razor blade. I made two belts of the exact same length and have been using them as a double run for about 6 months.  There is a slight bump as the glue joint goes over the pulley, but over time the glue joint "rounds out" somewhat.  One advantage over tying a knot is that you can set you length more exactly.  It's much harder to  tie a weaver's knot or double uni knot and hit an exact length.