A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong!

This design that he talks about, mounting the bearing and arm on the same beam, is used on Origin Live turntables like my Sovereign MkIV. https://youtu.be/8ZkOzh9GFHk?t=5  

Follow the video as it goes around the turntable. The bearing and arm are mounted on a plate that is attached to the plinth. It looks like the bearing goes into the plinth but really it is just a hole, the bearing does not touch the plinth at all.   

The Sovereign has a lot more going on, but in this main design principle is exactly the same as the AR. I had no idea it went back that far. Thanks!

Awful design

One more idea about how a turntable should be designed.   The concept of things getting out of the way is  optimistic .  Everything  has some  effect.  Having not built  a turntable with that  arm bearing plate combo I really  have no opinion  or  first hand  listening exposure. 

It will be nice when Millercarbon does a review if he compares his rim drive teres with  his  new table and actually  talks about  tone, attack/decay, pitch, body etc...

Enjoy the ride
Tom

Chakster

How many turntables have you built???  How many motor controllers???  How many tone arms???  Do you have a degree in vibration  control?  Etc Etc Etc ...

Trying to understand how you got to your highly detail white paper of 2 words (Awful  design).  Miller Carbon has at least played around with his teres and  knows what mods affected his old table.

Now if you where just referring  to its looks then disregard  the above.  

Enjoy the ride
Tom