For the Nth time, a blank LP surface does not replicate the condition that gives rise to the skating force in actual practice, which is friction between stylus and groove walls. The stylus tip cannot engage the blank surface in the same way it engages the groove, because the contact patches will be different. However, since some AS is better than no AS, Elliott’s method is probably about as good as any other, so long as it doesn’t result in too much AS, which is as bad as no AS.
Anti-Skat on the EAT F-Note Tonearm
I have a dilemma with the Anti-Skating mechanism on the F-Note tonearm. There's three different positions that the weight can be connected to put an outward force on the tonearm. Regardless which position I put the counterweight in, when the tonearm is at the end of the LP, it bounces back and the stylus lands in one of the grooves in the last song. I think I need more force inward.