In article , John Evans
wrote:

The counter balance on mine is set up after mounting the shell and
cartidge by firstly setting the rotating scale to zero, in line with
the mark on the shaft top, and then unclamping the weight and sliding it
until the arm is balanced. The weight is then reclamped and the dial
rotated until the scale reads the recommended weight for the cartridge.
(On some similar designs the weight and dial rotate as a unit).

Is there a conterweight missing in the photos? I managed to decouple the
scale from the weight that is present. But found that there was still a
physical limit to how far I could move the weight - and this wasn't
sufficient to lift the arm even when the headshell was removed!

Slainte,

Jim

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