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I acquired a 10" cast turntable for my Victor II project but it's sloppy on the turntable. Someone drilled out the spindle hole too large and the turntable flops around. Does anyone have a suggestion for taking up that bit of gap around the spindle? I'm so close to a complete Victor II. Help please!!!

Thanks, Jerry Blais

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If the aluminum is too thick, you may have take it to a machine shop that can insert or glue in the proper thickness shim sleeve into the hole. It all depends on how much larger the hole was made.
I would be willing to do this for you if you don't have a machine shop available.
Are you sure that the spindle wasn't altered also?

Simplist way is to insert the hole with some metal rod that fits the hole size an redrill it. This is a permanent fix. Another option if you are not feeling that brave it to fill the hole with epoxy and drill it to the correct size. This way if you get it wrong, clean out the epoxy and do it over. Hope this helps....

Jerry,
Don't take the advise of the resident hackamolestificators. Do it right and take it to a machine shop and have them press in a bushing. It will take a lathe and a small arbor press to do the job. I've seen and corrected this problem a countless number of times due to the fact that so many machines have been butchered by the "Blacksmiths" of the past.

edisonclassm wrote:Jerry,
Don't take the advise of the resident hackamolestificators. Do it right and take it to a machine shop and have them press in a bushing. It will take a lathe and a small arbor press to do the job. I've seen and corrected this problem a countless number of times due to the fact that so many machines have been butchered by the "Blacksmiths" of the past.

Gee, that was pretty harsh! If you note in his post he was asking for simple suggestions knowing what could be done in the end. You are entitled to your opinion like everyone else. We all got here by trial and error. No one is a complete expert on everything although several of us on the forum have decades of phonograph experience as well as machining and engineering backgrounds.

So please be polite to others and keep the name calling to yourself.

Gee, are we a bit touchy? No sense of humor?

Oh, I have a good sense of humor, but I saw none in your post.

I agree with edisonclassm 100% - it's not that expensive to do it properly

And as one of the "resident hackamolestificators," I agree with maginter that good manners are always appreciated.

I wish I had responded in a PM.

George P.