Need help with anti-skating on Technics SL-1210GR

I'll agree with Chakster on this one. The Hi Fi News record is excellent however in a pinch the run out area method is valid. Put the stylus down between grooves in the run out area. It should drift ever so slowly towards the spindle. Forget about the gradations on the tone arm they are always hopelessly inaccurate. Set the anti skate to whatever it takes to achieve the final results. Make believe the gradations are not even there. 
Having said all this you better check your overhang again. If the cartridge is too far out skating will increase dramatically. 
Enjoy the Lyra. Good choice.

Mike

Hi,
too much antiskate is worse than less. Blanc records are a no no and you may find that even with test records you have applied too much as they are cut far more dynamically than real music. Also they are cut at the end of record not taking into account that antiskate varies across the record.
You have to find your cartridge's mistracking point. Find a record in your collection that is dynamic enough put tracking weight near the lower end suggested by Lyra and antiskate to zero. If mistracks apply little more weight till it barely stops. Apply antiskate and increase in small increments till no mistracking occurs and right channel sounds normal. You are done. Adjust tracking weight within Lyra limits and where you prefer it. You may find that you need more than once to experiment. Anti skate is a compromise and we live with that.

You say you set antiskating to prevent the stylus from moving toward the spindle. Now read what Mijostyn wrote. The goal is to have the cartridge move slowly toward the spindle, not to set anti-skate so high that the cartridge stands still in the run out grooves. That may be the reason why you have set antiskate so high. Start over with anti-skate set to zero. Now set the cartridge down in the run out grooves and increase anti-skate only to the point where the cartridge moves very slowly toward the spindle. That’s my recommendation.

Thanx lewm.  petg60 that is a hopeless way to set anti skate as by the time you hear mistracking it has gotten past severe. Small amounts of mistracking are hard to hear. The Hi Fi news test record has a wonderful anti skate test. It is the most accurate way to get "in the middle" as skating changes with groove velocity and position on the record. Too little anti skating is just as bad as too much. Aside from VTF this parameter is the most important as far as getting your cartridge to track at its best.

Lewm
I believe that was stated well before Mijo chimed in by another member.
However it does seem that the consensus is that the run out groove method is valid if one does not have a true test lp, just that the OP was taking it too far not quite understanding the desired result.

I also highly recommend fine tuning the "by ear" method for day to day usage and tweaking of AS.