diff --git a/reader/.gitignore b/reader/.gitignore
index 6498c13..fba5641 100644
--- a/reader/.gitignore
+++ b/reader/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-avro.go
-recordfactory.go
\ No newline at end of file
+avro.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reader/recordfactory.go b/reader/recordfactory.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17e1e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reader/recordfactory.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package reader
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+func (r *DataReader) decode2Chan() {
+	// 1 means running
+	if r.inputLock.CompareAndSwap(0, 1) {
+		defer r.inputLock.Store(0)
+	} else {
+		return
+	}
+	var err error
+	defer func() {
+		if rc := recover(); rc != nil {
+			r.err = errors.Join(r.err, err, fmt.Errorf("panic %v", rc))
+		}
+	}()
+	defer close(r.anyChan)
+	b := true
+	for {
+		datumBytes, err := r.br.ReadBytes(r.delim)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				r.err = nil
+				return
+			}
+			r.err = err
+			return
+		}
+		datum, err := InputMap(datumBytes[:len(datumBytes)-1])
+		if err != nil {
+			r.err = errors.Join(r.err, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		r.anyChan <- datum
+		r.inputCount++
+		if b {
+			r.wg.Done() // sync.WaitGroup to allow Next() to wait for records to be available
+			b = false
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-r.readerCtx.Done():
+			return
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// recordFactory... the hits just keep on coming
+func (r *DataReader) recordFactory() {
+	if r.factoryLock.CompareAndSwap(0, 1) {
+		defer r.factoryLock.Store(0)
+	} else {
+		return
+	}
+	defer close(r.recChan)
+	recChunk := 0
+
+	r.wg.Done() // sync.WaitGroup to allow Next() to wait for records to be available
+
+	switch {
+	case r.chunk < 1:
+		for data := range r.anyChan {
+			err := r.ldr.loadDatum(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				r.err = err
+				return
+			}
+			select {
+			case <-r.readerCtx.Done():
+				r.bldDone <- struct{}{}
+				return
+			case <-r.recReq:
+				r.recChan <- r.bld.NewRecord()
+			default:
+			}
+		}
+		r.recChan <- r.bld.NewRecord()
+		r.bldDone <- struct{}{}
+	case r.chunk >= 1:
+		for data := range r.anyChan {
+			if recChunk == 0 {
+				r.bld.Reserve(r.chunk)
+			}
+			err := r.ldr.loadDatum(data)
+			if err != nil {
+				r.err = err
+				return
+			}
+			recChunk++
+			if recChunk >= r.chunk {
+				r.recChan <- r.bld.NewRecord()
+				recChunk = 0
+			}
+			select {
+			case <-r.readerCtx.Done():
+				r.bldDone <- struct{}{}
+				return
+			default:
+			}
+		}
+		if recChunk != 0 {
+			r.recChan <- r.bld.NewRecord()
+		}
+		r.bldDone <- struct{}{}
+	}
+}