Why? It isn't like the top (friction) surface of the record is grounded. And most platters don't have conductive surfaces, either.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but on some of the Technics direct drive turntables the mat is a conductive rubber compound. And most of my friends (who have much better resources than myself) use Micro Seiki Cu180 copper mats on their SP-10 MkIIIs and swear by them. The static discharge wire from the headshell to ground is more often than not a pig in a poke. Of course they all have metal bearings so it may be a moot point.
John
John
Sounds like a losing battle here Sy. There's good evidence to show static build up on records either due to the belt drives acting like VDG's or through static build up from spinning in dry air.
If the vinyl is acting as an insulator and holding charge then surely all that needs to happen is for it to touch something grounded to earth- like the bearing spindle.
If the vinyl is acting as an insulator and holding charge then surely all that needs to happen is for it to touch something grounded to earth- like the bearing spindle.
That doesn't make sense to me. If the spindle is conductive, the only part of the vinyl that touches it is the center hole. Since the vinyl is nonconductive (i.e., near zero charge mobility), how would the charges from the rest of the vinyl get to the ground? Has someone actually published any evidence that static buildup is reduced when the spindle is grounded?
I think this problem calls for a little dose of polonium.....
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Just got this message from my supplier of clock movements. I'm sure going to get some for use in clock repairs. Of course some of it will go straight away into my TT and motor bearings. I'll comment as soon as I try it.
This is the email I got from Mark Butterworth at butterworth clocks.
I have no connection in any way other than a customer of Butterworth Clocks.
Butterworth Clocks, Inc.
5300 59^th Ave. West, Muscatine, IA 52761
Tel: 563.263.6759 Fax: 563.263.0428
Email: _butterworth@machlink.com <mailto:butterworth@machlink.com>_
NANO-OIL LUBRICATION
Breguet stated “Give me the perfect oil, and I’ll give you the perfect watch.” My grandfather and father used porpoise jaw oil. Later I used synthetic oil. We used the best available in its time.
There is a new technology tested and used in everything from armaments to racing engines. The lubrication is by nanometer size spheres acting as ball bearings. There are 50 million of these tiny particles per square millimeter in oil acting as a carrier. It is the nano-bearings that provide the principle “lubrication,” not the oil. The nano-bearings attach themselves to both the pivot and the bushing and remain even after the oil is gone. A quarter of the amount usually used is required. Friction and wear are dramatically reduced.
I believe this is the finest product available. It is competitively priced with traditional oils. Although best results are obtained in applying this to dry pivots, it can be used with existing oil as the nano-bearings migrate to both the pivot and the brass.
We have tested it and I saw the results myself. First, the nano-oil was applied to a Hermle 451-033 unit that was in a barn and we had swapped out. We did nothing except apply the lube. Previously the chime fly would not begin to turn. After working it in, the unit ran like new. The second, a Kieninger PS 40 that was returned as the strike would not pull through. With this lube we are running the strike train on 7.5 lbs although the specs call for 8.4 lb. The third, an Urgos UW03096 was not chiming on the stated specs. With this lube we are now running the unit on 1 lb less than the specs.
The Nano-Oil comes satisfaction guaranteed:
8 cc $15 [this is a pen oiler]
15 cc $24
30 cc $39
Shipped free US mail to show what this will do.
Mark A. Butterworth
Just got this message from my supplier of clock movements. I'm sure going to get some for use in clock repairs. Of course some of it will go straight away into my TT and motor bearings. I'll comment as soon as I try it.
This is the email I got from Mark Butterworth at butterworth clocks.
I have no connection in any way other than a customer of Butterworth Clocks.
Butterworth Clocks, Inc.
5300 59^th Ave. West, Muscatine, IA 52761
Tel: 563.263.6759 Fax: 563.263.0428
Email: _butterworth@machlink.com <mailto:butterworth@machlink.com>_
NANO-OIL LUBRICATION
Breguet stated “Give me the perfect oil, and I’ll give you the perfect watch.” My grandfather and father used porpoise jaw oil. Later I used synthetic oil. We used the best available in its time.
There is a new technology tested and used in everything from armaments to racing engines. The lubrication is by nanometer size spheres acting as ball bearings. There are 50 million of these tiny particles per square millimeter in oil acting as a carrier. It is the nano-bearings that provide the principle “lubrication,” not the oil. The nano-bearings attach themselves to both the pivot and the bushing and remain even after the oil is gone. A quarter of the amount usually used is required. Friction and wear are dramatically reduced.
I believe this is the finest product available. It is competitively priced with traditional oils. Although best results are obtained in applying this to dry pivots, it can be used with existing oil as the nano-bearings migrate to both the pivot and the brass.
We have tested it and I saw the results myself. First, the nano-oil was applied to a Hermle 451-033 unit that was in a barn and we had swapped out. We did nothing except apply the lube. Previously the chime fly would not begin to turn. After working it in, the unit ran like new. The second, a Kieninger PS 40 that was returned as the strike would not pull through. With this lube we are running the strike train on 7.5 lbs although the specs call for 8.4 lb. The third, an Urgos UW03096 was not chiming on the stated specs. With this lube we are now running the unit on 1 lb less than the specs.
The Nano-Oil comes satisfaction guaranteed:
8 cc $15 [this is a pen oiler]
15 cc $24
30 cc $39
Shipped free US mail to show what this will do.
Mark A. Butterworth
The email link has an undescore at the beggining that shouldn't be there. Did you try it with that removed?
Here is a link to his site.....
http://www.butterworthclocks.com/
Use "butterworth" for the name and pass.
Here is a link to his site.....
http://www.butterworthclocks.com/
Use "butterworth" for the name and pass.
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