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In the Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter
Post Subject: Skating on thin icePosted by Wellington on: 10/9/2015
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
 The anti-skating force pulls arm outward? Sorry, I very much degree. In any arm that I have seen and that makes any sense, including the classic SME arms the anti-skating force pushes arms toward to middle. I think it is not even debatable and I am very surprise that we even talk about

Well, I guess we talk about it until we agree! Do me a favor: I think we both have SME 3012 tonearms. Look down at the anti-skating weight hanging on a thread. The weight pulls down, which pulls on the rod extending over the back of the arm. This tends to rotate the arm COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. Therefore the stylus is pulled outward to compensate for the inward force of skating. I don't think SME got it wrong! I don't have time this morning to research and post links on the topic, but here's a somewhat silly video that does show skating forces acting on a tonearm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAPhIp8U9uA

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