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Thorens Q-up lifter is back

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I had the original Thorens version of this years ago and it worked like a charm. I'll buy one of the repros for sure. For Canadian buyers it might be easier to buy this directly from the maker, who is in Toronto. Same price, lower shipping and no Customs. Google Pahmer and Qup. You'll find it.
 
How do they work? Just put them under the point where the arm needs to be lifted? Really cool idea
 
I saw this tonight on our Cad audio forum and posted the link to VE & AK . I for one enjoy the auto lift but didn't want to spend $100 on something that was $20 back in the day . But seems to be a lot of excitement about it , think how many manual tables have been sold since these devices went obsolete ? Who ever is making them will have a big demand pretty quick I would say .
 
They're pretty simple. if you look at the pic, the silver bar lifts the tonearm. By the letter 'P' is a trigger that tells it when to lift. You cock the thing by pressing the silver bar down. When the arm hits the trigger it releases the silver bar to rise. You have to get the vertical and horizontal positioning right but it's not that challenging. There are various tension adjustments (on the original. I don't know if they copied it exactly).
The lifter slides into a holder attached to the chassis. This allows vertical and horizontal adjustment. If you had 2 holders you could use the same lifter on multiple tables.
 
I've seen other such devices that were simply a counterweighted rod on a stand. Once the tonearm bumped the rod, it flipped the counterweight over and lifted the arm up. I guess this does the same thing with springs. Giving serious thought to buying one. The lack of a tonearm lift is probably my single biggest gripe about my Thorens.
 
I ordered mine from Pahmer after seeing Bauhauser's thread. It arrived on Saturday. Trigger sensitivity and lift tension slider adjustments, fine vertical adjustment by grooves in the holder and a lot of horizontal adjustment by sliding along the groove. Quick to set up on the armboard of my TD-126 MkIII (the tape won't leave a mark on the table itself when removed in 30 years). Oh, and enough vertical spacer blocks included to work on a table with a really thick platter.

I love it. When triggerred the lever is angled up so the arm can't swing off the lever. Just what this table needed. Considerably cheaper than used lifters of all types go for on that site too. I'll probably get one for my TD-160B MkII as well.

After it triggers I lift the cueing lever, cock the Q Up lever and return the arm to the rest. Ready for the next side.
 
I'm surprised it took someone so long to get back into building this excellent accessory. No more paying $100+ on the 'bay for an AT Safety Raiser :thmbsp:
 
That's great! I had one once but sold it on barter town when I discovered my new table couldn't accommodatie it.
Let's hope these work as flawless as the originals.
 
$60 of 1980 dollars would be worth: $167.13 in 2012

$60 of 2012 dollars would be worth $21.54 in 1980

I'd say that the Q Up is worth the investment.
 
The market for this device is far smaller than it was 30 years ago. I'm kind of amazed that someone bothered to reproduce it. They're rather of complicated, IIRC from the Thorens model I used to have.
I sorta wish the all metal gravity driven one was still available. Can't recall the name but they looked really cool and probably shouldn't be difficult to make with a basic machine shop.
 
Bauhausler said:
The market for this device is far smaller than it was 30 years ago. I'm kind of amazed that someone bothered to reproduce it. They're rather of complicated, IIRC from the Thorens model I used to have.
I sorta wish the all metal gravity driven one was still available. Can't recall the name but they looked really cool and probably shouldn't be difficult to make with a basic machine shop.
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Was it called The Lift? I wish I had the skills to reproduce a few.
 
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