Re: [ARSCLIST] My response to--Re: [78-l] Viva vinyl

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So I shouldn't use my hole saw and the hammer drill?  Just kidding.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick"
> Okay....first of all....DON'T DO THAT! The reasons should be obvious, but
> they'll include potential damage and cracking, shavings all over the 
> place, and
> most important of all, it may not be your record you have to center.
>
> Better to raise the disc with an extra turntable mat or two..I use a mat 
> and an
> old thick LP. For really badly centered records I add a lightweight flat 
> disc
> (flat is very important..this is why old LPs made before "gruve gard" come 
> in
> handy, and the lightweight flat disc is a 1940 vintage paper-based 
> lacquer).
> This gives you enough room to center the disc properly with most spindles. 
> I
> then use a record weight (stolen from an old radio studio, which I realize 
> is
> not an option for all, but I'm sure you can come up with something). This 
> is a
> more difficult task to do on some turntables than others, and best 
> performed on
> tables designed for production use and which allow cuing.