LP ? Undersized spindle hole.


Brand new LP, struggled to get it on and off my VPI record cleaner, not close to fitting my TT spindle. What remedies to you use? Drill it out? What size bit?. I was thinking maybe a rat tail file, but I don't have one. Thanks in advance to any suggestions.
winoguy17
Just push in a flat blade screwdriver thats bigger than the hole and rotate once. Blow off the chaf if any.

Medium grit sand paper on a tapered dowel will take care of this quickly and precisely if you keep the dowel at 90 degrees to the album. . 
When I worked in a machine shop (early '70s) I used something called a "ream". Metal like a drill bit but made to make a hole exactly the perfect size. Took off minimal material...
The hole is supposed to measure 0.286" + 0.001" -0.002". I would use a tapered reamer, like the first one, on the following list: https://fdtool.com/catalog/reamers/morse-taper-reamers-2/ Insert reamer until it touches(perpendicular to label/vinyl), then VERY GENTLY pressing in, turn one revolution on each side of the record. The object being: to remove a minimum amount of vinyl, from both ends of the hole. Try it on the spindle and repeat until it fits. That way there’s no chance of getting things other than concentric. Of course some records come that way(other than concentric). http://www.aardvarkmastering.com/riaa.htm