Always wondered how anyone sells a complete turntable so cheap. It has to come in something that will at least survive transportation, and so at a certain point the box it comes in becomes one of the more costly "components".
When it gets to the point where the parts are so cheap and flimsy one of the key components whose whole job is to just lay flat, and it doesn't even do that, well then Houston, we have a problem.
But you're determined to fix it for free, or at least cheap. If you can't bend it flat then here's what you do: Make yourself a new one out of MDF. Even if you have to do this entirely by hand my bet is it will be a big improvement over what you have now.
When it gets to the point where the parts are so cheap and flimsy one of the key components whose whole job is to just lay flat, and it doesn't even do that, well then Houston, we have a problem.
But you're determined to fix it for free, or at least cheap. If you can't bend it flat then here's what you do: Make yourself a new one out of MDF. Even if you have to do this entirely by hand my bet is it will be a big improvement over what you have now.