[78-L] Clamp them records down, boys

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 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..
>
Well, the hex nut was about 2" in "diameter"...worked GREAT with HOW's,
even the little ones...but not heavy enough for warped 10" 78's!!

...stevenc