Cool Vinyl Accesories (the other thread won't load)

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Offline Grainger49

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on: February 08, 2012, 05:43:26 AM
Ok, second try. The other thread with this title will not load a page.

My brother was here this past weekend.  He gave me an LED lamp that I have now next to my TT illuminating the LP.  Finally I can see the dead band between the cuts!  Finally! 

It costs a whopping $10 at IKEA. 

With available light:
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With a flash doesn't look as cool:
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Reply #1 on: February 08, 2012, 05:54:02 AM

Xavier Cortes

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Reply #2 on: February 08, 2012, 07:05:43 AM
Xavier,

Yes, that is it and it is unbelievably cheap.  I even bet I will have room for the base when I put in the Sand Box/Swimming Pool for the VPI table.  There is another thread about vibration and isolation here:

http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,2445.0.html
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Reply #3 on: February 08, 2012, 11:48:36 AM
Quote from: Grainger49 on February 08, 2012, 07:05:43 AM
Sand Box/Swimming Pool for the VPI table.

Sounds like quick sand. Do you through a 2 x 4 under the arm to keep it from sinking.
But, anyway, what is it?


Craig Lewis (elcraigo is a nickname a good friend who grew up in Mexico gave me)

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Reply #4 on: February 08, 2012, 12:00:52 PM
Here is the thread:

http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,2445.0.html

Both Wardsweb and pRC have pages linked in the thread for very similar swimming pools.
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Reply #5 on: February 08, 2012, 05:30:01 PM
That is a great little light for the price, they also have a clamping model for $14.99. Unfortunately they are not sold online and the nearest Ikea is 100 miles from me.

Cheers,
Shawn

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Reply #6 on: February 09, 2012, 02:51:24 AM
Yup, they are 159 miles from me according to the Ikea store locator.  But I get to Atlanta often enough visiting family.
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Reply #7 on: February 09, 2012, 03:18:02 AM
My wife got me one for Christmas.  It is a great light for the TT.   Thing is that she didnt get it from IKEA and paid much more on ebay.  She still thinks that ebay is the cheapest place to get stuff online ...  I keep telling her that it isnt any more for most things.   Doesnt matter, he heart is always in the right place and it's still a great light even if she paid too much.  And eventhough it would probably, finally drive home my message to her that ebay should be renamed to ePAY,  I wont show her that Ikea link  :-)
We do have an Ikea fairly close, I believe.
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Reply #8 on: February 10, 2012, 06:46:59 AM
Tried to post a picture once more and got the white screen of death again (SORRY!!!).

Ok, so I'm not going to even try that again.

Suffice it to say that my Ikea LED is silver grey like my Michell gyro. Now I can see all the dust specks my feeble attempts at cleaning leave!

Anyways, it looks great and now I'm in the groove...or can at least find the right one...
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Reply #9 on: February 10, 2012, 07:53:14 AM
John,

Well at least you didn't crash the thread.  I'll send some instructions.

Instructions of how to post a picture are in the FAQ Thread in My Corner.
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Reply #10 on: February 10, 2012, 05:29:30 PM
Thanks, I'm afraid to even try now....

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Reply #11 on: February 10, 2012, 10:31:10 PM
Ordered one from Fleabay, $19.95 w/ free shipping. I figured I would spend more than the extra 9 bucks driving to Denver to get one. John, it does suck when you can actually see all the dust and crap floating and lying around. Whoops, I think I'll turn that light off!

Cheers,
Shawn

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Reply #12 on: February 11, 2012, 05:37:10 AM
Yes, I can literally see the dust hovering over the record when its on! In fact, its so bright that I can see a reflection of the record spinning on my high ceiling...which is kinda cool.
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Reply #13 on: February 14, 2012, 04:19:13 AM
As for the dust, an old friend once said, "Grainger probably cleans his records every time he plays them."  My younger brother replied, "Well they get dust on them every time they are played."  I dust before and after with a StaticMaster.  I'm going to get a link for that too!

StaticMaster:
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This should be linked here (22,000 views!):

http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,1738.0.html

This digital scale is 0.01g or better compared to the $75 stylus gauge I bought, and now will sell.
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Reply #14 on: February 14, 2012, 05:16:23 AM
Some of the old Brit engineers who turned me onto tubes when I was in college used to say, "The best way to clean your discs is to play them", unfortunately that just doesn't quite do it for me. They always had some axiom or another. One I have always liked, "If your gear is worth more than your music, you have it arse backwards". I zap my discs with my zerostat and brush everytime I play them, dust and low humidity is horrible here.

Cheers,
Shawn

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