New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice

What happen to the Back-Side (short version):

The flip-side of the 'noll table was stripped of the motor , electrical blocks & wires . Air connections were made as short as deemed reasonable, clamped & dampened. Adjustment valves removed. Guidance was derived from re-reads of reviews and interviews ;their essence emphasized controling mechanical/air pulsations inside the 'Nolls base.

The places filled with Roma were choosen by the use of a tuning fork & scope and just plain eyeballing. I choose to fill the spaces approx. 80-85% leaving either leaving smooth or convex clay bottoms , some with slight air spaces. Small divots and cut-outs were filled in the same manner. All were blue taped ; replacement bushings, heavy duty washers, new center pin were installed and a lite interface between the botton bearing plate and a gentle tightening.

The back was re-painted a hard shell gloss black , the white plastic side pannels lightly sanded to remove manufacturing imperfections where they frame the bottom-side of the turntable's base. Soon Robb will re-finish the top-side parts.

Odd 'an Ends: Spoke to Robb of "Fine Finishes". Robb's begun working on a time consuming project that's delaying the repaint of the TT parts for weeks. I've nixed the idea of painting the white, plastic base. I've concluded a paint/color tinted clear coat finish just can not stand up to the hands-on effort it takes to relocate this mug. I'm going to clean the white, plastic finish with wet finishing paper , cleaners & polishes then buff to a satin-shine.

The phono wiring is to be re-inspected and re-installed in the tonearm tube. The tonearm tube measures 6" with about another 1" for the head shell unit. The 7" tonearm tube and head shell may extend another 1/4" to 3/8" (or less) for phono cartridge adjustment. I think the effective mass is about 11.5 , maybe slightly less.

A couple stops @ Home Depot's resulted in sourcing short, red oak semi-finished plinths (approx.8'Lx3"Wx1"H) to construct the reverse "Z" for seating the TT motor. More on the way...

Readers: I just want to mention that I fully understand this project is in uncharted waters. I appreciate no one has gone before me ( at least in the published media) and that much of what I'm attempting hasn't yet been doctumented much less attempted. This is an exciting challenge. I'm disappointed that I failed to shoot digital pic's sooner. In retrospect, I should have doctumented every step but that's not the case. Nevertheless, what I have learned is more than enought to satsify my desire to understand the workings of this table. I know that Bob D. is reading my comments but for reasons known only to him he answers in silence. There is no good reason this beauty can not compete with the $$$$$$ tables. Nothing is certian but I am confident I'm on the correct course. And if not nothing I have done can't be corrected or adjusted. That's where I depend on those few who have the passion to keep me alert , even if I don't like it. I depend on your insite to help even if the "blind are leading the blind". Thanks for the private emails and keep me on my best.

Charlie-- try this link to a company that specializes in small fittings. The page should take you right to the page that has air barbs with male plugs. You should be able to fit this one pretty easy. Sorry for the delay, my instrument gurus been busy. Let me know if this was what you were looking for.
http://catalog.industrialspec.com/category/male-thread-x-barb? ---

Threaders: I finally posted a few photo's of the Maplenoll and will re-edit to other views in a few days/weeks.