Shane,
The arm is such a warped creation. It starts straight, then bends away from the center axis and then back in. Overhand is specified at 12 mm. So Now trying to add 4 arms I had to move everything around. It aint easy. But basically to establish 12mm overhang I don't have a tool for that. I use a ruler to establish the spindle to pivot distance of 295 mm. But since the cartridgge is a bit longer (52mm vs. the 50 mm specification from the arm manufacturer) I am thinking to increase the spindle to pivot distance to 297 mm. I hope it works. The Ikeda does not follow any of the known setup parameters hence all the questions. It is supposed to have only 1 null point if at all. Mind you, there is a thread on Vinyl Engine but that leaves me as confused. I don't have the Ortofon tool. I normally use the 66 null point and arrow to pivot for most of my arms. I also realize overhang is an extrapolation from how the cartridge lines up if the arm is linear. Only that way can the overhang of 12 mm be accomodated. So measuring overhang at the cartridge needle seems also impossible. The arm has a few bends so I need to run an imaginary line etc. to get it right.
Raul, what do you do for your FR arms.
The arm is such a warped creation. It starts straight, then bends away from the center axis and then back in. Overhand is specified at 12 mm. So Now trying to add 4 arms I had to move everything around. It aint easy. But basically to establish 12mm overhang I don't have a tool for that. I use a ruler to establish the spindle to pivot distance of 295 mm. But since the cartridgge is a bit longer (52mm vs. the 50 mm specification from the arm manufacturer) I am thinking to increase the spindle to pivot distance to 297 mm. I hope it works. The Ikeda does not follow any of the known setup parameters hence all the questions. It is supposed to have only 1 null point if at all. Mind you, there is a thread on Vinyl Engine but that leaves me as confused. I don't have the Ortofon tool. I normally use the 66 null point and arrow to pivot for most of my arms. I also realize overhang is an extrapolation from how the cartridge lines up if the arm is linear. Only that way can the overhang of 12 mm be accomodated. So measuring overhang at the cartridge needle seems also impossible. The arm has a few bends so I need to run an imaginary line etc. to get it right.
Raul, what do you do for your FR arms.