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Yes, I was just trying to explain the "advantage" of using an idler wheel over ...

driving the platter directly from the motor. What I said is indeed the reason it was done that way in old idler tables like the Garrard.

In summary
- it provides the metal/rubber interface needed for grip
- it allows the dimensions critical to accurate speed, i.e. pulley/platter diameters, to be machined in metal and hence much more accurately than in rubber (this last is more important on models without speed adjustment capabilities)

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