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

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "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.
>
More years ago than I care to think about, I discovered that the width
of the tip of my index finger was exactly suited for centering a 45rpm
record played without a standard adapter on a small-spindle turntable!
It's still one of my useless-but-valued skills...

Steven C. Barr