I recall reading here that someone uses a specific spray glue product to attach new felt to an old turntable. If someone could direct me to that thread or kindly tell me how he or she does it, I would greatly appreciate that. I don't want to re-invent the wheel especially if others know how to do this.
John
New felt--how to apply
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Re: New felt--how to apply
Try using the Search feature.
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3M spray adhesive. Spray it on the turntable and then apply your felt. Make sure you get the outside edges of the turntable sprayed good. Then when it is dry. (don't try to cut in a circle before gluing it Just leave it a little big) It don't take long. Just use a new razor blade and slightly pull on the felt while going around the circle with the razor blade to shape it in a round form. I have noticed that there are a couple of different types of felt. I go to Hobby Lobby theirs is a little stiffer therefore when you trim it after it dries it is much easier to cut to the round shape. The more plyable felt seems to fray when you cut it. Just my method. Tom
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Re: New felt--how to apply
3M Super 77 Spray Contact Adhesive. Spray the turntable and the felt and let become tacky. After applying the felt to the turntable by lowering the turntable onto the felt, let dry, cut a small ‘X’ in the spindle hole. Trim the edge of the turntable with a good scissors. Install the turntable. Trim around the spindle with a razor knife.
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Well, Jerry Van, what makes you think I didn't? Not everything turns up so readily.
And to those who so easily answered my question, thank you.
And to those who so easily answered my question, thank you.
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Hey, just trying to help. Since you recalled reading suggestions on the forum, I assumed that said information could easily be found through a search. Sorry that your search proved ineffective and that you totally misinterpreted my attempt to help you. I won't make that mistake again.
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Jerry:
I over-reacted. My apologies. I appreciate your attempt to help.
John
I over-reacted. My apologies. I appreciate your attempt to help.
John
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This is not a criticism, just an observation: the Search feature can be very problematic or confusing for occasional users such as myself. Just the other day I was searching for an old thread on a mahogany MS and thousands of hits came back. I suppose it is my ignorance of how to use it that is the problem, but I can’t be alone in this regard. I finally found the post I was looking for by adding the author’s name, and then it popped up.
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You are correct. A search for "mahogany MS" would only net results for "mahogany", for which there must be at least thousands, as you say. For reasons well beyond my ability to understand, the search function ignores words, (or in this case model numbers), of less that 3 or 4 characters. It also can't process things like "orthophonic 8-9". It will only return results for "orthophonic".Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 2:48 pm This is not a criticism, just an observation: the Search feature can be very problematic or confusing for occasional users such as myself. Just the other day I was searching for an old thread on a mahogany MS and thousands of hits came back. I suppose it is my ignorance of how to use it that is the problem, but I can’t be alone in this regard. I finally found the post I was looking for by adding the author’s name, and then it popped up.
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