Re: Dumb girl fibre needle question
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:52 pm
If you played these 78s on modern equipment, would there be a little more noise from stray fibers left in the grooves?
How well do these home made needles perform compared to originals?Ortho_Fan wrote: BTW, if you're ever in a "baking" mood, here's a recipe for making your own fiber (bamboo) needles:
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/talkingmac ... eedle.html
Originals were chemically treated to make them harder, and ever they have problems making it through one side of a record on occasions.
The parafin wax is obviously added as lubrication in the link above, but personally I think that would also leave more debris in the groove?
Another problem I see in the link above, is that all 3 sides are cut from the soft inner fibres of the bamboo skewer.
Originals ALWAYS leave the outer shell/bark on one side of the needle, as this is by far the hardest part of the plant, and would help stop the point breaking down as quickly.
Surely needles made according to those instructions must give very poor results compared to originals?
Is it really worth all the effort or a waste of time?