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can someone give me a remedy?
Some of my LP's that are new and some used do not go over the spindle easily. It's as though the hole on the LP{ was made too small.
Is there a drill bit that can be used to make the whole ever so larger without the record being played off center? Or some other tool that can be used to make the whole a very small bit larger.
Thanks
In my experience, all you need to do is to trim off the molding flash in the hole. You don't need a tool. Just go into the kitchen and get a non-serrated little paring knife. Lightly spin the pointy end into the hole (usually just Side B will do it, because that's where the flash is) and you're good. Lightly, just enough so you hear it scrape.
I told a nontechnical (stereotype leftie jazz listening lady) to do this once. She had one guy hold the record while she grabbed the knife and gouged it with all her strength. And gouged it she did.
I purchased a tool to take care of this problem from The In groove located in Phoenix AZ '
check out their website I think they still sell them
Google tapered reamer. That's what you need.
This is what I use in situations like this:
Martin N.
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to use a couple turns with a reamer. Crazy that .2830 inches was chosen for spindle size.
My cartridge brush has a round handle, which gets a little fatter towards the brush, which I use like a reamer. Just enough to give my LP a perfect fit.
The AR quality approach strikes again. my ownership of an AR was only rewarding, and resulted in me being very biased towards suspended belt drive designs. because the isolation concept works so well
I doubt a modern manufacturer trying for that market would think any instructions requiring comprehension of technical details would be productive, and they might be right. myself, I dig knowing stuff.
turns out the spindle size is critically important to buying a correctly sized aliment tool . the standard spindle is perfect for a tight fitting, dedicated to a specific rega arm, alignment tool . from of all places, ukraine. ( all printed in English)
Very gently twist about one quarter turn. That should do it.
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
This is what I use...
Couple of light twists, is usually enough... no real force needed (or desirable)...
Bought this years ago, from a local hardware store, less that $10.
Cheers
Welly
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams
Actually most records are slightly eccentric so don't worry about making the hole oversized - ream them out so you can properly centre them. Not only do you solve the wow issue but the jump in sonic quality due to eliminating or at least minimizing the lateral loading on the cantilever is not subtle. You will get better imaging and tracking ability. Eccentricity of the disc basically induces additional tracking error as well imbalanced forces on the stylus akin to the skating force since the cantilever is skewing left and right due to the inertia of the arm - there is a lag in the movement as the groove eccentricity acts on the stylus first and then the suspension makes the arm follow later.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
I would just use a Swiss file and go around the circumference of the hole lightly a few times. You probably only need to remove a thousandth of an inch, maybe two.
A BIC pen. The old fashioned kind.
Or just pushing the spindle through the hole several times.
You can try using a sharpened pencil. I bought a small fine round file for this purpose. I insert it into the hole, make sure it is perpendicular to the record's surface and give it a small turn. Repeat if necessary. Doing this gently always works.
I use a pencil also. Works every time.
You don't buy your way into being an audiophile, you listen your way in.
https://elusivedisc.com/vinyl-center-hole-reamer/?srsltid=AfmBOooe0ND-aHuOyO3pswTlqgEtqoFA_3zoJLGsGHoRjIs0pEyP2LOm
https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/accessories/clearaudio-vinyl-lp-drill/?srsltid=AfmBOopkz3y9uQsVelOhTSpPBapHX1S1MZv1hEYqV7RhXoDBDBNqS57D
...so you could carefully try that drill bit.
if I were to get stressed about the situation, I would get myself a hand tool, only straight, reamer made for plastic, but I would have to measure my spindle first. . some guys like a sharp drill bit, they make one in the standard hole size , but, again, I don't remember that size. maybe you already have one in a tool box.I think I remember a report that a pencil works, but that seems a little soft for the application , so that might not be correct .
I don't make light of your concern, I know it might sound that way , but only because I don't consider it a problem until I have to durn near fold the disk in half to break the spindle grip, made all the worse because I have a very springy suspended turntable, and if I mangle the spring level set up , I have to break out the laser and tripod to hassle the reset to level.
Edits: 04/04/25
Later Gator,
Dave
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