Replacement mat for BIC 940?

[mmcc]

Hi - I recently picked up a zenith branded BIC made turntable. It seems to have the same guts, more or less, as a BIC 980 (same motor, same speed control board, etc) but has a crappy stamped metal platter.

I just ordered a cast BIC 940 platter from eBay, but it has no mat. Can anyone point me at a mat that will work? I’m not sure a generic one will work as I think it needs to fit over the lip of the platter, though I would be happy to find out I’m wrong.

 

[zunde]

Would this work? (Probably gets moved to D&S since I'm posting an ebay link, but it's in direct response to the OP's question.):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BIC-920-Tu...881234?hash=item1a2761f692:g:QV0AAOSw2gxYwe5i

 

[mmcc]

Would this work? (Probably gets moved to D&S since I'm posting an ebay link, but it's in direct response to the OP's question.):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BIC-920-Tu...881234?hash=item1a2761f692:g:QV0AAOSw2gxYwe5i

I almost nabbed that when I got the platter, until I noticed that the number of spokes was wrong - the cast platters have 10, that mat (for a 920, which has a stamped sheet metal platter) has 8.

Thanks though!

 

[Nat]

Any mat will do what a mat needs to do. The weird cut outs on the BICs required a piece of black plastic under them to hide the platter, and many mats have shrunk and distorted over the years. I remove them and use a standard mat - I get nervous with automatic mechanisms and mats that have abrupt radial steps in them that would destroy any stylus that accidentally was lowered on to them.

 

[Doug G.]

The 940 platter will accept any mat made for that model, a 960, or a 980. Also, any of the "Z" series tables except for the Z-20. They are all the same and clip over the lip at the outer perimeter of the aluminum platter.

I have never tried a different mat but I imagine any generic will lay on the platter OK even if it doesn't clip around the edges.

Doug