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Turntable dust cover Rubbers

onanysunday

onanysunday

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Does anyone know where to find these typical looking rubber bumpers for a TT dust cover lid? They're thin, rubber buttplugz that slide-in to holes drilled in front corners of the acrylic lid to prevent the cover from slamming down on the base. Cannot seem to find these anywhere. Surely, something else could also work. If so, what could work here that wouldn't look too cheesy? Absolutely horrible photo I admit..

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Those on my Trio KD500 have likewise disintegrated/disappeared. I'm going to try paring down some clear, self-adhesive, rubber buttons that are sold for quietening cupboard door and drawer closure. I bought a pack of 100 for less than £3 (UK).
 
Likewise, I cut down thin adhesive foam rubber feet to a tiny 'pie shape' and stuck them on the corners.
 
Good ideas.. maybe I will have to try those. I considered cutting a rubber O-ring and somehow jamming it up there, but that's about as far as I got.
 
Their vinyl/plastic of some kind but on the soft side. Can't remember what they're called, but it's a disc meant to cover a screw head on build it yourself furniture. I've seen them in home impronement stores. Slightly domed top with a center "post" that may fit the hole in the dust cover's edge with a little shaving. Would also need to cut the disc to a desired shape.
 
You can buy a whole sheet of 100 silicon peel and stick bumpers on that auction site for a few dollars, Mine came in a week from Hong Kong and are 3M.

Search for 100 3/8'' Silicon Granule Pad Rubber Kitchen Cabinet Door Bumper Stop Cushion

 
I've always wondered if these could be found myself, so many times just one missing and that corner impacts the deck in an unpleasant manner. So many bumpers available out there but even the smallest ones I can find are gigantic compared to these tiny ones that insert into those thin plexi corners...
 
Rather than rubbers, your dust cover might be more satisfied with an alternative form of birth control.
Hey, I didn't write the title of this thread.
 
I've used small felt bumpers on the TT base for the dust cover to sit on. They have them at Lowe's and Valu Home Center's.
 
You can buy tiny rubber grommets that will have the necessary groove to secure them in the cut-outs in the dust cover. Try an automotive supplier or electronics supplier, as ones that small would be used to isolate a single wire or optical cable. Unfortunately, they are most likely going to be black, rather than clear.
 
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