The Mike New Technics Bearing

[CageyH]

I have reflected on your reflection of the reflection, and I have come to the conclusion that this reflects badly on the thread. On reflection, we should have just asked David. He could have reflected on his post, and taken a picture with less reflection.

[MartinT]

I used standard two-part Araldite and mine is one of the old ones, also bolted to the chassis.

[Mike_New]

Hi Martin,
Did you bolt and bond you base Plate, bloody ell you will never get it off!!!

[Marco]

I have reflected on your reflection of the reflection, and I have come to the conclusion that this reflects badly on the thread. On reflection, we should have just asked David. He could have reflected on his post, and taken a picture with less reflection.

Are you sure about that?

Marco.

[MartinT]

Did you bolt and bond you base Plate, bloody ell you will never get it off!!!

I had no intention of ever getting it off!!

[Spectral Morn]

A question please?

If I recall correctly the base plate was originally introduced to deal with a possible weakness in the bottom of the Technics turntable being asked to support a heavy bearing and a very heavy platter (Mike's original metal platter), the combined weight of both maybe overtaxing the structure of the Technics. So as the original Funk platter is fairly light, and the ETP - I guess - much lighter than the original metal platter, surely this base plate now serves no practical purpose (or the originally thought of purpose) other than maybe being required to raise the platter to help with making the Technics more compatibility with certain tonearms and cart combinations?


Regards Neil

[MartinT]

I think it does serve a purpose in supporting the bearing on a section of chassis that could be prone to flexing. Providing reinforcement at that point is bound to help the stylus trace the groove more accurately. After all, the entire platter/mat/record is being supported by just that area of cast aluminium.

[Wakefield Turntables]

I used standard two-part Araldite and mine is one of the old ones, also bolted to the chassis.

This is exactly what I did with mine and I still use the old al+cu platter, perhaps I should upgrade at some point?

[Marco]

Hi Neil,

Like Martin says, the bearing base plate is simply to add a bit more rigidity to the whole assembly and give the bearing something more substantial to 'bite against'.

It should make a small, but noticeable, difference... It's the final piece in the jigsaw for me, anyway, so it makes sense to make sure that all the boxes are ticked!

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

I must be honest and say I have always wondered if this small plate can possibly strengthen the bottom of the deck, surely to do this it should be much bigger, maybe to the point of covering the entire bottom of the turntable. I also feel the fixing method is not precise enough to guarantee the surface the bearing is to be mounted to is level, way too much rests on the skill in spreading glue in an even way and any deviation from true would not be ideal.

I agree that the mounting holes for the original bearing isn't very strong and thus not ideal for anything mounted there, original bearing or Mike's but is the plate the best solution to this problem? I am not convinced it is but a better solution may be too difficult to implement without an entirely new bottom to the turntable and after that we are heading for a Monarch typed solution I feel; ie just use the electronics etc and replace the entire body of the deck.


Regards Neil