Ironstylus

Here are a couple of before and after vids with the disc fitted. Before: http://vid1347.photobucket.com/albums/p710/Ironstylus/54B5E776-47C6-41A8-A6D6-A4C52348FB4F_zpskktq1i7k.mp4 After: http://vid1347.photobucket.com/albums/p710/Ironstylus/3611DCFA-3289-4586-83A8-E2E5DD6E9D04_zps7ymhsxaj.mp4 Its not a 100% fix , as you can see at the end of the clip with the disc fitted it skips with some heavier tapping but its a decent improvement from standard. (I didn't bother to go as hard as the end of the first video as it was starting to skip anyway) The main thing I like is its not rubbing against the inside of the platter and just pushes on with no modding required. After a bit of testing I think I was wrong about the sizes being different, the first disc I made was probably a little small as the one I have fitted to my scratch fits well on the standard pt01 too, ill wait to see how the one I sent to my friend fits and how he finds it.

Abstrkt, do you have a standard pt01 or a scratch? I could easily make more of these, ill see how much a small runs worth would cost material wise, wouldn't be looking for much for any I make, Ive always hated how us turntablists get shafted on the price of our gear, saw someone selling the plastic ring mod on uk eBay for £30 yesterday! I could easily make a bunch on a Saturday, its faster to make a few at a time anyway. My main concern is the difference in platter size as I mentioned, I actually copped a standard pt01 from eBay last week for an absolute steal so ill check the size of that and see if the one I made for my friends scratch fits before I make a bunch that may not fit many pt01s.

Ok, back home and just taken some pics, the mod isn't a new platter (yet), more a stiffener for the standard platter, I do plan to make a bespoke platter with decent ball bearings but I don't have the time at the moment, also a little worried about it being too heavy? I may try to improve the disc I made by adding a small lip at the bottom to help keep the belt on when replacing the platter, I made a couple of these from some scrap aluminium at work so didn't have much choice on the diameter. It has a tapered hole in the centre to grip the spindle surround and it fits tight in the part the belt fits round. The holes make it a little lighter (weighs around 80 grams I think) and they help when removing it. Interestingly, the disc needed to be a fraction larger for my pt01 scratch compared to the original pt01, maybe a manufacturing defect or the plastic mold getting worn out over time, it was only 0.1mm larger but it meant the first disc I made didn't fit the scratch. Anyway, it works pretty good! ill post a vid when I can get some way to hold my phone steady while doing scribbles Oh and thanks to abstrk.theories for the photo bucket tip!

Hi everyone, finally got round to creating an account so I could show my platter mod I made after seeing people bring it up again. I was looking at the flesh one platter bars but they cost a lot to buy and then send to the U.K so I was considering making the ring type solution but I didn't like the idea of the two faces rubbing against each other. Luckily I remembered this thread and got to trawling through, can't renember who actually posted it but someone mentioned that the issue was with the spindle and its moulding from factory (thank you whoever that was!) After I kicked myself for not spotting the flaw earlier I knocked up a disc at work, it works pretty good, doesn't remove every last bit of wobble but it's far more stable and its a no friction solution. Of course, I can't work out how to add pictures to this post on my phone so I'll have to post them when I get home from work this evening. Watch this space...