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Digital Stylus Force Scale

YNWOAN said:
The eBay ones that are sold as jewellers scales are fine but you need to make a platform to move the weighing area to one side as all the ones I have encountered are attracted to magnets (i.e. the ones in your cartridge).
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+1

Many of them are totally unsuitable unless modified.
I shudder to think at the working conditions on some MC cartridges set up using these things.
 
That's cool - but to put all this in context, I would consider 0.45g a really large amount!
 
YNWOAN said:
That's cool - but to put all this in context, I would consider 0.45g a really large amount!
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Indeed!!! - which is why I am glad I came across this digital measuring instrument as I have been that much off since I installed the Technoweight... :eek:

The X3-MC cartridge should have a tracking force of 2.0g - it weighs 4.1g and the specs for tracking are between 1.8 and 2.2 (being the max) I am seeing anywhere between 2.45 and 2.51 depending on the angle position I place the cartridge onto the digital gauge....
 
I also bought the Fads with Flair one from ebay which looks identical to the Audio Origami one.

I was a bit concerned that the pad was much higher than the record surface and that the reading would be different at the correct height. I tried propping the scales next to the platter but at the height the record would be and the readings were the same.

i did find that I needed to leave the stylus on the scale for a few seconds as the reading crept up a couple of hundredths but was then stable.
 
Try Maplin they do a set for about £10 which are non magnetic, you can draw a centred cross or a dot on some masking tape to make sure you use the same place.
 
YNWOAN said:
Nothing wrong with the Ortofon scales linked to - but they are just jewellery scales that have been modified in the way I suggested.

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I do like the look of this scale - Where does one get one of these? Are they cheaper than the Ortofon equivalent?
 
is the mechanical stylus guage effective? thought of trying mechanical for a pre-vinyl session measurements
 
There's nothing really wrong with the simple balance scales that Ortofon do - the truth is that they are accurate enough to get to within 0.5 of a gram and then you need to adjust by ear anyway.
 
YNWOAN said:
There's nothing really wrong with the simple balance scales that Ortofon do - the truth is that they are accurate enough to get to within 0.5 of a gram and then you need to adjust by ear anyway.
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Agreed, or the age old Shure SFG-2 which I've always found accurate.
Had mine for over 30 years now.
 
Mike42 said:
Received my scales from Audio Origami. Very pleased, very accurate. They threw in a 5g calibration weight for free. £26 inc postage.
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The calibration 5g weight is part of this package, or at least was in mine, which looks to be identical. I do feel, though, that a mid-way weight, say, 2.5g, would be a better indicator of accuracy, not that anyone does this, to my knowledge.
 
Mike Reed said:
The calibration 5g weight is part of this package, or at least was in mine, which looks to be identical. I do feel, though, that a mid-way weight, say, 2.5g, would be a better indicator of accuracy, not that anyone does this, to my knowledge.
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A 1p coin should be 3.56g according to the royal mint, so could use one of them.
 
Since I've owned a digital stylus scale, my Shure balance has rested in peace safely in the bin where it belongs; a dangerous and inaccurate contraption.

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