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RE: Duct tape? Really? now you are just embarrassing yourself.

Posted by beach cruiser (A) on August 24, 2020 at 18:21:21

In Reply to: RE: Duct tape? Or use a hole saw with the appropriate diameter and depth on posted by Montmorency on August 19, 2020 at 15:22:07:

I think the Q-up is a good product, in that it has an adjustable lift energy, unlike a lot of crash and bang designs. from that perspective , I regret this doesn't fit your needs.

I have sympathy for your situation, I have an old Q up from when it was a thorens product, but have yet to build a support to incorporate into my Mitchell Spyder gyro, which has no plinth.

Perhaps my listening style has changed, I no longer throw on a record and do other things. My new player is so strong, and I have so many records that I haven't heard through the higher resolution, that I just sit and smile , trying not to go too slack jawed mouth breather.

I think I would have just secured a small brass square, disk, or other metal sheet from a hobby shop to cover the hole, until I could think of a final cosmetically nice set up. Perhaps balsa wood , or stacked veneer sheets might sound good. Something matching the style of the turntable , so it wouldn't detract visually, would be my goal.


I usually secure that type of stuff with a removable white glue, nothing aggressive is needed. Perhaps some blue tack to attempt some type of acoustic isolation. I have also secured the lift with beeswax on finished wood surfaces I didn't want to risk damaging.

If it were possible to build a support through the hole, That would be my approach. Maybe get some lexan rod to mimic the hole shape, unless the Q-up base would overhang, looking awkward and handy man style. I like a finished look. Any material I can work easily with simple hand tools is a possibility.

A cardboard tube could be built up with paper mache', to match and incorporate the base, molding into a seamless custom look deal. Just depends on what you want. Many custom cars* started off as a paper mâché shape to be cast into a final shape with fiberglass, so anything is possible , if you have spare time.

* thinking of Big daddy Roth's show cars as an example of high imagination chicken wire and paper mache' origins.

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