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Turntable Leveling, Again

I may have asked this here before, but...I'm in the proces of moving my music room and am having a HUGE amount of trouble getting my Technics SL-1800 level. I have it on a homemade wall shelf constructed of pine and metal braces. The shelf is as level as I can get it. The strange thing is, using a cheap see-it-both-planes level from Lowe's, at the center of the platter I'm way out, but if I move the level to the edges I'm in. This would mean to me that my platter's not flat...is that the case with the SL-1800, or do I have a big problem? I have another turntable sitting beside it I use for 78s, and it leveled up in about a minute, so I'm not sure what part of this is throwing me off. I have a circular level as well; would I be happier (and less frustrated) with a metal torpedo level, do you think?

Much appreciated,

John Sellards
vanmeter

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bright_star_audio
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Hi Aceto,

Place the level all along the arc that the stylus will trace from the outer edge of the record to the inner groove. Once you have adjusted it to be perfectly level along that section, rotate the platter 180 degrees. Put the level along the same arc (from the outer groove to the inner groove where the stylus will pass as it plays the record). If it no longer reads level then you probably have something wrong with the platter.

Best,

Barry Kohan
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