TT up close and squash balls on DIY ring mounts. white block is magic eraser cleaning pad cut down to serve as stylus cleaner. that's a Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge
squash balls lifting TT
go-go balls on concave dish as DIY roller blocks - a substitute option to squash balls. worked well for side2side, font2rear, and twisting isolation. could rock unit n get TV swaying, even heavy handed closing draw did nothing to tracking. however it floated too much when handling for playback, very fiddly
close up of DIY roller block. dish filled with craft dough or blutac and wine cork then no-slip liner cut and fixed to this.
s/balls on white blocks couldn't hold TT level as the rear end is that bit heavier on a single ball.
anti-vibration pads from hardware store fitted to speakers (3x 5x5x1.2cm) & TT board (4x 10x10x2cm) which hasn't had wood contact wrap applied to underside. speaker cable has grey wrap over individually wrapped pos/neg lines that are flat n about 5mm wide each. fitted banana plugs. can just make out Rega Mini Fono btwn speak n TT
close up of original Hitachi cartridge stylus - rebadged AT-VM8 with generic spherical stylus (since been replace with generic elliptical). shot backwards thru removed camera lens on mob ph with steady hands