[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[David Lennick]

Yeah....we'll just have to live with the wow on this one, gang. Of course I 
could have enlarged the center hole first. Hmm.

Of course the "Myrt and Marge" Durium promo didn't have a warp and didn't have 
any music and wasn't off center.

dl

Nipper wrote:
> WOW DL,
> 
> Don't forget to center the disc.  ;-)
> 
> Martin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:14 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Clamp them records down, boys
> 
> 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 
>>
>> ______________________________________
> 
> 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
> __________________