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Mounting a Shelter 501 on a JMW/9

This is quite a popular combination based on the number of visible systems on a'gon pages. But can it really be so difficult to mount the cartridge or is it just my novice alignment skills? It appears you need to mount the cart with the screws as far forward as they will go in the arm slots (with the left screw slightly back in order to angle the headshell), and even then the stylus doesn't go forward enough to hit the spot on the Geodisc. The overhang is huge, about 7 mm, and it just seems wrong somehow. Am I missing something here?
nickatkins

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stevecham
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Get a DB protractor so that you can properly adjust overhand no matter what the arm-table combo.
stevecham
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Oh, what IS your table? And if not a VPI, who drilled/mounted the arm? Any chance this was mispositioned?
stevecham
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New Shelter 501 mkll on my jmw 10.5, same problem as cited here. All the way forward still missing the jmw protractor dot by about 1 mm. I am convinced this is a combination of Shelter and VPI incompatibiity. VPI should make a warning on their website warning of this issue.

It sounds good though...makes me wonder how exact OH really has to be...
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