[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- 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 
> 
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I was looking around for something like that..even tried a whole pile of metal 
"spiders" which are fairly heavy but not enough to keep the disc from rising. 
The other issue was size, since the non-grooved area of this disc is less than 
two inches and enough room had to be left for the cartridge and stylus. Not 
like the old days when a steel needle didn't need that much clearance..

dl