physically fucked up record of mine

i bought a record and the hole was too tight to fit on my record player so i made it larger with a pair of scissors.

my problem is now the record fits a bit loosely, maybe 1 mm too wide, i can tell when i move it back and forth with my hand while it's on

since it's loose should i worry about dropping the needle in the middle when playing? it has never skipped before but i worry about my needle.

Your posts get Yekkier by the day

You can take small slivers of tape and fold them through the oversized hole, usually it only takes 1 or 2 for the record to sit snugly on the spindle again.

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:39 AM, Bob Dobalina said:

You can take small slivers of tape and fold them through the oversized hole, usually it only takes 1 or 2 for the record to sit snugly on the spindle again.

yes, i can make it tighter again but who's to say that it will be lined up properly by doing that?

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:37 AM, LUDD said:

Your posts get Yekkier by the day

lolzy!

bobby: i did what you said and there is no more wiggle, it`s quite firm now... i`m talking about the record, perv! (thanks)

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:50 AM, yek said:

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:39 AM, Bob Dobalina said:

You can take small slivers of tape and fold them through the oversized hole, usually it only takes 1 or 2 for the record to sit snugly on the spindle again.

 

yes, i can make it tighter again but who's to say that it will be lined up properly by doing that?

Just 1 or 2 mm shouldn't make too much of a difference. I have a Can record that has a slightly off-centre hole and I can't notice anything wrong. Then again it is Can—it's hard to tell with some krautrock stuff!

  On 5/30/2012 at 4:06 AM, modey said:

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:50 AM, yek said:

  On 5/30/2012 at 3:39 AM, Bob Dobalina said:

You can take small slivers of tape and fold them through the oversized hole, usually it only takes 1 or 2 for the record to sit snugly on the spindle again.

 

yes, i can make it tighter again but who's to say that it will be lined up properly by doing that?

Just 1 or 2 mm shouldn't make too much of a difference. I have a Can record that has a slightly off-centre hole and I can't notice anything wrong. Then again it is Can—it's hard to tell with some krautrock stuff!

lol

the problem was probably actually the turntable—have you bought a new turntable yet?

  On 5/31/2012 at 6:02 AM, KY said:

the problem was probably actually the turntable—have you bought a new turntable yet?

i have two 1200's a few years old...

can one of them be for sale? like, to me? :D

um, like, no... 8)