[78-L] removing 45 adapters

[David Lennick]

Zowie..I'm rich! I'm independently wealthy! I'm..ah nuts.

dl

(eBay is having ANOTHER load in 50,000 items for free day, all day today..and I 
gotta go buy new batteries for the fershlugginer camera)

On 1/12/2012 1:46 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> Seven bucks for that nasty adapter? I can't remember when I paid that much for a 45!
>
> Cary
>
> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:36 AM, "Michael Biel"<mbiel at mbiel.com>  wrote:
>
>> OK, assuming you are talking about the zinc Webster-Chicago inserts,
>> here is what you do.  Have the record so that at the 12 o'clock position
>> is one of the ears that that has its top edge under the record.  You
>> will be seeing the side of the ear that is divided into thirds with the
>> middle section being thicker.  Press slightly on that ear from the top
>> and the insert should slip easily out.
>>
>> The picture on this ohboyy auction shows the adapter and the orientation
>> I mention.
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-45-Record-Adapter-Webster-Chicago-Corp-LOGO-1-5-/360326780776
>>
>>
>> A box of these adapters came with the Webster-Chicago Fonograf I got
>> when I was 4 1/2 and I NEVER had any trouble getting the inserts in and
>> out.  I guess it is like the modern electronics we have that only a
>> child can do it.  Trying to find the illustratioh they provided I came
>> across this listserve-of-idiots discussing it.
>> http://www.phonoland.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1112
>>
>> Ah, here's a page with good sharp pictures of the instruction sheet.
>> But it only tells you how to get them IN!!!
>> http://www.instappraisal.com/antique-appraisal/box-metal-ten-rs-46-45-rpm-record-adapters
>>
>> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] removing 45 adapters
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Date: Thu, January 12, 2012 10:35 am
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>
>> There's a method Mike Biel described here years ago..seems to me it
>> involves
>> turning the adapter counter clockwise (or clockwise, depending on your
>> inclination) AND twisting it up at the same time. Try it on a disc you
>> don't
>> care about first..everybody knows how Beethoven's Fifth starts and ends.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/12/2012 10:04 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>>> I acquired a few 45s lately with center adapters in them. I cannot
>>> figure out how to remove these things without risking damage to the
>>> record. Maybe I should leave them in? We discussed here some time ago
>>> that such adapters may cause the records to warp. True?
>>>
>>> The adapter has two "long fingers" on each side, 45 degrees from the
>>> other side, so just pushing it straight thru doesn't seem like a good idea.
>>>
>>> Other techniques?
>>