The Mike New Technics Bearing

Mike , not sure if you are aware but your web site says you have 14 bearings in stock ?

Hi Allen,
THanks for advice, I have been trying to establish contact with the guy who built my website and who seems to still be hosting it. But he does not respond, which is rather a problem as I would like to make a number of changes, I believe he is a member of AoS so if he reads this he may call me.

Hi Mike. Not sure if this has been asked before but have you considered making a version of your bearing with a removable spindle top? Or maybe an under sized spindle top with the option to slide a normal sized collar onto it? I already have one of your bearings but I'd be interested in getting another with this feature, pitch stablity on the Technics is excellent and records respond really well to being perfectly centred.

Hi Russell,
I am not sure what you mean by collar, are you refering to the old 45rpm adapter? in which case all you need to do is to open up the hole with a small file or drill. The tollerances on the the holes are relatively wide.

I think Russell means the same removable spindle idea as used by Roksan. You would have the spindle in place, place a record on the platter and then remove the spindle to prevent contact with the record. The alternative use is to be able to centre records with offset holes.

Why would you want to prevent contact with the record?

It was a Roksan idea, isolating the record from the deck.

I have that on my redbeard bearing.
Wondered why the sleeve came off,thought it was just for looks.

Yes similar to what Roksan do. I'd like to be able to correct offset holes in records without having to ream a bigger hole.

I cannot see how removing the spindle isolates the record from the deck, after all the platter spins on the bearing which is connected to the deck surely.
If you do have a badly centred hole and I have had some, what I suggest as a positive cure it to make the hole larger, then make up a pad to glue to the top of the record which has a nice fitting hole.
Now accurately centre the record by spinning the platter, place the pad over the spindle and push down tightly.
This could be something that Shuggie could make for people.