[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Success! I finally found a way to hold down a warped 4-inch Durium 
> Advertising
> Record long enough to play it all the way through (the Chevrolet "Great
> American Value for 1932" disc which is major warped). And believe me, I 
> tried
> all sorts of things, including Scotch Removable Magic Tape (doesn't damage 
> the
> surface of the disc, but also doesn't hold onto it for more than thirty
> seconds). Rummaging through the drawers, I found an old rubber reel clamp
> (Realistic)..had to trim a good quarter inch around the circumference, but 
> it
> clamps onto the turntable spindle and holds the record flat. Yippee!
>
> (Now I can get a decent transfer of it and sell it to the next poor zhlub 
> and
> let him try and figure how to play it.)
>
I always used to use a VERY large (and thus very heavy...!) hex nut I found
laying on my street! I suspect (but never verified) it had served as a "lug 
nut"
on a large "semi-truck" until it fell off...! In any case, the weight held 
the record
on the TT...!! (and the hole allowed for the centre spindle...!)

...stevenc