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the Garrard 301 plater is concaved.

I was putting my table back together after a service when I noticed that the table was not level. I usually put my bubble level on the plater for final leveling, in the past with other tables at least. I noticed that the level's bubble would always move opposite to the spindle as I moved it around the plater this indicates a (slightly) concave surface.


 Also means the last year my tables been slightly unlevel. :-)  

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bdp24
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The original Well Tempered platter was also concave, intentionally by design.
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folkfreak
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Most platters are slightly concave. Leveling them is easy as long as you align the level on a tangent to the outside edge. Of course you should be using a nice long level anyways!
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glennewdick OP
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I usually use both a long and a short I just got a new bubble and was trying it out. Didn't know the Garrard plater was concave always figured it was flat seems I was wrong haha. 

more funny then anything how we can make a simple mistake and have your whole set up off with out realising it. 


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fsonicsmith
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My early grease bearing 301 has a slightly concave platter too. I believe it is common. I believe it was made this way intentionally. If it bothers you, there are after-market platters on the market that offer slight benefits that may or may not be audible depending on the rest of your deck and system. Check out Peak HiFi in the UK. I bought Shaun's replacement brass bearing even though my original bearing looked brand new. I am a big believer in having the stoutest most precise main bearing possible. https://www.peakhifi.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom.cgi?Command=ShowProduct&db_pid=718
https://www.peakhifi.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom.cgi?Command=ShowProduct&db_pid=96
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