Hey Mike, check out my system https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Check out the turntable. Check out the clamp. DIY clamp btw. DIY clamping system. Look real close at the platter. See that little black washer around the spindle? Its just thick enough to hold the center of the record very slightly higher than the platter. The clamp is dished out. So when the clamp is tightened it pushes the record down onto the platter outer edge first.
Even somewhat warped records lay completely flat. The record is so tight and secure on the platter that when I get done with a side and remove the clamp the record sometimes sticks a second or two and then pops up. Why? Clearly the atmospheric pressure was holding it down. Yeah. I know. Miller built a freaking vacuum hold down without the freaking vacuum. Pretty amazing. Even for me.
Even somewhat warped records lay completely flat. The record is so tight and secure on the platter that when I get done with a side and remove the clamp the record sometimes sticks a second or two and then pops up. Why? Clearly the atmospheric pressure was holding it down. Yeah. I know. Miller built a freaking vacuum hold down without the freaking vacuum. Pretty amazing. Even for me.