"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"ScottW" wrote in message
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Note.. there is no antiskating on this arm.... So I did a
careful channel check and all seems fine.... but the fact
the arm tends to move right would indicate the stylus
overhand is a bit short.

I presume you mean overhang.

More likely, the arm tends to move right due to some unresolved source of
force on the arm, forcing it to the right.

I double checked the setup
using the supplied overhang gauge and it seems right on.

That follows.

I wonder if this phenom could be used to set the overhang
more precisely than the gauge allows.

No, bad causuality.

Seems like if I
had the stylus dead on so the contact point of the record
was moving directly away from the base...there'd be no
movement of the arm left or right.

Not necessarily.

Anybody run into this and used real blank (not an
unmodulated groove) to set overhang?

Doesn't matter as long as you have the height right when you set overhang.

Wow...thanks for the deeply thought out and detailed explanation.
It was so moving I printed it out on my softest paper and put it on a roll
in the bathroom where it will be put to the best use possible.

ScottW