Feeling quite happy with the table about now...
I think I've done about all I can do to make sure the table is as mint as can be. Found a battered, old, nice wooden plinth to replace the plastic one I had been using. Installed a wooden piece to close up the bottom and sunk some spikes into that. Applied a layer of sound damping sheets to the entire inside, refinished with some tung oil finish stuff (no, not real tung oil, that Formby's stuff). Not entirely sure I won't go back and put another couple layers of finish on it, but I may just leave it as is, don't really want it to be shiny. Installed a fresh new idler wheel, tightened up a few screws and cleaned all the electrical contacts as well as the idler and pulley and platter as it was getting a bit of noise from everything not being quite as lined up as it all needs to be to run quiet, but it had already been freshly lubed and a couple turns of a few loose screws underneath fixed things right up. Took a bit of time and made sure the new Denon DL 110 cart is all lined up best as can be. Sitting on a quickie isolation shelf that seems to get rid of any footfall issues at least in my place. Might someday rig up something a bit prettier using the same concept as it does seem to work well. Spinning some Barn Owl as I type...
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