B B drill hole

[Dave West]

Has anyone ever tried to fill the hole in due to it being in the run out ? 

[Dobber]

Yeah use a black plastic glue that dries shiny,put tape on  one side,offer the glue in,wipe flush,let it dry maybe half hour then pull the tape off!

[Mick Boyle]

This one had the hole in the run out. Did similar to Dobber. It would have been a defo needle snapper. 

[Happy Feet]

Love to hear these type of repairs , whether warps or label abuse , have deliberately bought damaged records over the years , with an idea that maybe a winner & work and restore to at least 75% .

 

[Dobber]

Yeah I got Kell Osborne quicksand for £15 with a big lump of run in missing,I took it to work and fixed it,played perfectly after that! 

[Soulman]

6 hours ago, Dobber said:

Yeah I got Kell Osborne quicksand for £15 with a big lump of run in missing,I took it to work and fixed it,played perfectly after that! 

Depending on how big the "big lump missing" was, would that make it a 90% OVO record and would it indeed be playable at an all OVO event??? 

[Happy Feet]

A few years back , bought a copy of a popular and a brand new 45 from the States , when I took it out of its sleeve for the 1st time and put it onto the decks , after 2 or 3 revolutions it was pretty obvious it was knackered and immediately threw the arm and stylus into the air and skated across the vinyl , tried a record sleeve underneath the record and it played but not all the way .

So I experimented by cutting a perfectly cylindrical spacer to match the warp / dish using the type of very thin foam packing used in most household products and hey presto , sometimes maybe one or two required , but it worked , kinda like a 6 inch ring of foam about 1 inch wide , 1/16th or 1/8 th of an inch thick , or two if needed , because the centre of the record is flat and the vinyl is warped or dished packing is only required from the middle to outer edge of the record , so a paper sleeve which is the same thickness  throughout scientifically cant work , 

I will try and post one in action , won't cost you a penny , and fits perfectly with any warped or dished record in its sleeve ready when needed . 

[Mike]

7 hours ago, Happy Feet said:

A few years back , bought a copy of a popular and a brand new 45 from the States , when I took it out of its sleeve for the 1st time and put it onto the decks , after 2 or 3 revolutions it was pretty obvious it was knackered and immediately threw the arm and stylus into the air and skated across the vinyl , tried a record sleeve underneath the record and it played but not all the way .

So I experimented by cutting a perfectly cylindrical spacer to match the warp / dish using the type of very thin foam packing used in most household products and hey presto , sometimes maybe one or two required , but it worked , kinda like a 6 inch ring of foam about 1 inch wide , 1/16th or 1/8 th of an inch thick , or two if needed , because the centre of the record is flat and the vinyl is warped or dished packing is only required from the middle to outer edge of the record , so a paper sleeve which is the same thickness  throughout scientifically cant work , 

I will try and post one in action , won't cost you a penny , and fits perfectly with any warped or dished record in its sleeve ready when needed . 

Interesting, like I guess many others I tried all sorts to 'fix' 45s without that much luck, though am sure that I once saw a advert online for a turntable purely made/designed to play warped 45s, thought was a bit of a overkill but...