Ever so slight platter wobble

Were you working the camera in the Blair Witch Project? I actually threw up a bit in my mouth a bit watching that....

Anyway, is it sandwiched?, like the top of the spindle and the underside thread together to clamp the platter? or through and just resting the platter like the Regas. If so is it tightend right down? If so, and there's still some play maybe it's missing a washer, and perhaps putting a thin washer in under the platter will snug and flatten it. Not so much a washer but just a flesbible rubber diaphram, you might get one to fit in a plumbing section or just fashion it from some thin rubber/vinyl sheet. Haven't seen this one before but just a thought....

cheers

finski

Hey. The wobble video is wobbly. The table was on a floor and I did not have good support. Thanks for the advice. I will try that out. The platter is not sandwiched.

So, then does the spindle wobble in it's seating with the platter off? ie can you shift it even slightly from side to side with the platter removed but the spindle's in place?
ie not 'flesbible' but flexible,ar ar.

I'd be careful about any kind of washer, since that would intruduce an interface between platter and spindle that is not a firm and tight connection and can affect your sonics.

Try moving the platter about the spindle and see how that works. I had the same problem on my old VPI and this is what they suggested to fix the issue, which it did. Make sure it is pressed down firmly after seating. On the VPI this was done by cranking down the threaded record clamp, but I don't know what that means on your table and if it has a record clamp that is threaded or not.

Good luck,
Bob

I watched the video. My observations are: The contact area is very small and close to the center of the supported mass. A larger diameter should have been used to support the 12" platter. It's just a bad design, coupled with poor execution or machining. You ultimately get what you pay for, Chinese manufacturing quality is a crapshoot.