Suspension bracket assembly

I've been working on the suspension bracket assembly, which will be used to fix various components of the player to the plinth elastically, in order to improve vibration dampening. I am trying to re-use components of the design as much as possible for efficiency, so the same bracket design will be used to fix the platter, the tonearm and the motor. The latter will not have bearings as shown, but the structural components and amortisation action will be the same.

If you dare to try and understand what's going on in the image above, you might be able to see that the bracket consists of two sets of rigid parts, interfaced via elastic o-rings. That should allow for some acoustic dampening (to be confirmed by tests later on) while maintaining enough rigidity to keep components aligned.

Also, I am learning how to create animations in Fusion so thought I'd share my first attempt. Don't judge, I am a noob, but I hope this short video will illustrate the suspension action better than any words would.

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