What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

[thekong]

Probably can tune the sound to your liking by adding some whiskey, brandy, vodka etc. to the mix

 

[DasguteOhr]

Probably can tune the sound to your liking by adding some whiskey, brandy, vodka etc. to the mix

Of course
At first glance it looks like a Rube Goldberg machine but there are so many smart solutions on it that i've never seen on any other turntable. He's patented a few things. Show me another tonearm that has no bearing friction at all. You can buy it for ~ 100k €

 

[Another Johnson]

Show me another tonearm that has no bearing friction at all. You can buy it for ~ 100k €

Anything that floats will have some draft, however small. And, of course, on the level of micro forces, surface tension is in play too.
If he claims it has no forces equivalent to bearing friction in a conventional tone arm, I’d like to see his analysis.

 

[Another Johnson]

Probably can tune the sound to your liking by adding some whiskey, brandy, vodka etc. to the mix

And you can set VTA “on the fly” with a straw.

 

[DasguteOhr]

Anything that floats will have some draft, however small. And, of course, on the level of micro forces, surface tension is in play too.
If he claims it has no forces equivalent to bearing friction in a conventional tone arm, I’d like to see his analysis.

you have identified the problem, congrats. the air draft in the room is why acrylic glass shields are used to protect the tonearm. everything that has no friction can be moved easily. I'm not an expert, write to him, he can explain it in detail.

P.S in newer pictures it is hermetically sealed against air draft.

 

[PeterA]

you have identified the problem, congrats. the air draft in the room is why acrylic glass shields are used to protect the tonearm. everything that has no friction can be moved easily.

My platter is about 150 pounds and it floats on air for very low friction and high inertia. It will free spin from 33.33 rpm for half an hour before coming to a stop. And yet it cannot be moved easily at start up and it is not easy to stop it.

 

[Another Johnson]

you have identified the problem, congrats. the air draft in the room is why acrylic glass shields are used to protect the tonearm. everything that has no friction can be moved easily. I'm not an expert, write to him, he can explain it in detail. View attachment 128887

P.S in newer pictures it is hermetically sealed against air draft.

It is not air draft I mentioned. Draft is the distance into water that an item sinks (the amount below the waterline). The item must plow through that water if it is to move. There is also drag force of the liquid passing the sides.

Tiefgang auf Deutsch.

 

[DasguteOhr]

It is not air draft I mentioned. Draft is the distance into water that an item sinks (the amount below the waterline). The item must plow through that water if it is to move. There is also drag force of the liquid passing the sides.

Tiefgang auf Deutsch.

German ..nice
you mean the water displacement that Arcimedes discovered and calculated. The buoyancy that a body experiences is exactly as great as the weight of the liquid it has displaced. I hope you can see what the good Mr Baasner has done about this problem when the record player goes into production