Re: [ARSCLIST] Repair

[Nipper <nipper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True Steve,

The trick is to get the repair as tight as possible (squeezing all of the
excess glue to the surfaces so that it can be removed by sponging with
water).  It could be better accomplished with some sort of wide clamp or
clamp array instead of the rubber bands.

Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Repair


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nipper" <nipper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > I've had great success with 78s using good old Elmer's glue, a few
rubber
> > bands and a good working knowledge of how a stylus tracks a groove.
It's
> a
> > fairly strong hold yet water soluable so if you make a mistake you can
> > always soak it loose, clean the contact surfaces thoroughly and try
again.
> > On the other hand there are plenty of incompetent Krazy glue formula
> repairs
> > that have been screwed up once and for all.
> >
> From my experience, it is effectively impossible to repair a broken 78
> if the break runs more-or-less "parallel" to the groove at any point.
> The layer of adhesive, although thin, still dislocates the groove path
> at the point of breakage far enough that the stylus doesn't track
> the correct path...remember that the groove is about .003" wide,
> so if the adhesive is more than .001" thick the path is effectively
> half-a-groove out of position.
>
> Steven C. Barr