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Best way to enlarge spindle hole in vinyl records

I just completed the setup of my Michell Gyro Se and I have noticed that some of my vinyl records will not fit well with the platter be the spindle hole in the records are too small by a narrow margin. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Johnny
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blackie
221 posts
 
Do not enlarge the spindle hole, this will lessen the physical coupling and devalue your records! Just press it to make it fit, records should not be loose when put on the spindle.
detlof
1,899 posts
 
Blackie is right. The tighter the fit, the better it is.
(Honi soit qui mal y pense)
tafka_steve
115 posts
 
Get a "rat tail" file at a hardware store and slowly rim out the hole by rotating it; do NOT use a sawing motion. I occasionally have the same problem with my Walker Proscenium turntable, which has a larger than average spindle.
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
If all else fails use a saws-all and hog that hole out! just kidding, seeing as I have never used a record I could be the wrong person to ask, but simple logic would tell me that a saws-all would remedy your problem in a jiffy.

Tim
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