Tables That Feature Bearing Friction

One afterthought: when I mentioned that none of the compromises in my earlier design were detected and weren't detected either by other designers in their design this was NOT ment to be understood as me being a "better" designer. Not so.
I am not a designer at all.
My approach is common sense and clear view, clear focus on the point.
This and as Van Morrison said: no method, no guru, no teacher.
And my design was back then - as will be the new one - NOT a commercial product at all. So all inevitable compromises regarding a commercial product can be spared anyway.

It would be harsh to own this perfection in the system of so many weak links.
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We already have music critics who never played an instrument - and now this...

Dear Lewm, well my comment about an idler drive in turntable design today should be clear.
Not really curing one problem ( draw a force vector diagram and give it a deep thought - the bearing of an idler drive (motor force applied to the underside of platter at one point or to the rim of platter at one point) - as it is done so far - is NOT free of horizontal force.... ) and by doing so creating a few others (not just noise...) seems not a good idea.
This is a drive concept of a time long gone by and for a purpose which has nothing to do with quality, but which only applied to broadcast services and disc-jockeys and which is pretty inexpensive to realize. Broadcast stations worldwide discontinued the use of idler drive TTs over 30 years ago. This should tell the story. Furthermore I already said before, that I will never give any comment about any commercial product currently on the market.

As for Vinyl heaven............. I can see paradise, but there is no light....

Dear Mrjstark, indeed - many music critics who never played an instrument and many TT designers who never understood what they are doing.
If we already have so many weak links why adding another.......

But this will lead us nowhere.
I have my points of view - others have their.

Anyone out there who would like to discuss any other technical topic of the complex turntable ?

Dertonarm, You are entitled to your opinion, but please acknowledge that you DO have an opinion - that the ultimate turntable must have a humongous platter driven by a string or thread. That is an agenda in itself. You have closed your mind to other ideas, no matter how well executed. We are just beginning to see how good idler-and direct-drive tables can become, in my opinion and assuming the vinyl renaissance continues for a whle. After all, belt-driven tts have been researched almost exclusively since at least the early 80s, whereas these other technologies were all but abandoned at that time. Anyway, thanks for all your insights; I do not mean to be argumentative. By the way, I would guess that a "cheap" idler- or especially a direct-drive tt costs more to make than a "cheap" belt-drive tt, which is a part of the reason those drives were abandoned.