Hello!

I sold the cover (only) of a cracked disc (during shipping) recently and, since the disc was already split in 2 I decided to finish the job and completely break it to have a look.

I already broke LDs before (SONY dead rotters) and I had to bent them HARD to reach breaking point.
For this Pioneer Japan disc, it actually neatly snapped nicely along the diameter with a sound similar to breaking a piece of bread that has been toasted a little too long.

Now I looked along the split line and noticed a hole I didn't notice before in my previous "Destroy a SONY LD" experiences:



I can see some barcode marks at the edge the label (for production control I supposed) but also a inner ring on both parts that makes a nearly round holes when the 2 discs are glued and aligned together.

Would that be some grasping ring for the production machine or an extra space for the glue to move in when the 2 platters are glues together?

Julien

I've seen some hole marks under the sticker label and I assume thats to align the two halves but I wonder what you have there?

I recently broke in half a SONY US basically dead disc & managed to split the disc parts apart & there were no gaps or holes at all.

The parts split apart quite easily, the glue appeared not to be that evenly spread unless over time it changed but it almost looked like it was held by adhesive over most of the disc but not all of it - perhaps one of the problems that caused the DADC US "rot" issues on so many of their releases.

The disc was Welcome to the Dollhouse so if anyone has the disc with a rough cover this one is in pretty good condition with a bit of fading on the edge if anyone is looking for one.

Got a few other "rotters", PDO UK ones, so will check for any gaps/holes if there are any.