Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

Halcro was/is very clever at posting his photos on one of the on-line websites and then quoting the URL here.  Others have done the same. Probably that is what we should do too.  Or one could possibly put the photos on the System page here on Audiogon; I tried that a few months ago but could not make it work.  I already do have some old photos up there.

Yes, UA7045 is 9-incher.  There is also a 12-inch version with a different numeric designation, maybe 7085, as you suggest.  Someone on the Analog Forum mentioned that the 7045 has a relatively low effective mass, suitable for high compliance cartridges.

Artisan Fidelity make some beautiful stuff, so I imagine your plinth is quite nice. PBNs plinths for Denons are fantastic too.  

Having mentioned seeing some pictures of a boxed TT-101 some time
ago and confirming the leather type mat being a originally supplied item,
member JP has publicly posted pictures of his find.

http://fidelisanalog.com/2016/11/25/barn-find-victor-tt-101/

Thanks for that totem....
Does that mean JP owns that TT-101?
Do you think that the markings on the top of the base plinth are some protective coating or just tarnishing?

Hi Halcro, 

The top on this one isn't painted like most - it's brushed and anodized.  The discoloration you see is what the raw casting looks like. 

http://fidelisanalog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/11/IMG_2102.jpg

JP and I had a conversation regarding his TT-101 outer rim not being painted but brushed, where as mine and others we have seen are the painted version.

His serial # is shown in the pic's so I'm curious if anyone has a later serial # than that shown and is painted. Unfortunately the location 
is awkward to see if mounted in a plinth.