diy phono stylus gauge

[jrevillug]

Nice work there.

Remember to keey the straw+toothpick on the slider, in the same place, but with no water in it, when measuring the force- this will affect the reading otherwise.

Richie00boy-
Yes- for measuring the tracking force.

[Jamh]

Originally posted by jrevillug
Nice work there.

Remember to keey the straw+toothpick on the slider, in the same place, but with no water in it, when measuring the force- this will affect the reading otherwise.

Richie00boy-
Yes- for measuring the tracking force.

You can be as precise as you want to be. I didn't get into the details of calibration. For example I made 2 of the straw things, and placed them the same distance apart, and filled only one with water.

Or you can use a postal scale, and weigh various objects until you find something that is the right weight, then balance it on the gauge and mark its spot.

Have fun!

[Aleksunder]

Originally posted by Jamh


You can be as precise as you want to be. I didn't get into the details of calibration. For example I made 2 of the straw things, and placed them the same distance apart, and filled only one with water.

Or you can use a postal scale, and weigh various objects until you find something that is the right weight, then balance it on the gauge and mark its spot.

Have fun!

Printer paper always has it's weight given, eg 90gm/m², so with good quality stuff one can easily and quickly make very accurate weights in the 1 ro 3 gram range.

A.

[jarvis24]

JamH, I'm interested in buying your speakers but I can't get email to you through my Audiogon account for some reason. You can get me by email through 'jarvis at empirisoft.com'.
-Blair

[ashok]

All ( currency ) coins have a specific weight and I think they are accurate. Check them up on the web. I use them to add weights to speaker cones for TS parameter measurements. Works fine. I got the weights off the web.
Ashok