Spacedeck Shelter 501mk2 question.

The arm pod has always been more the key to good cart setup to me on my space. Never gotten a cart to align exactly with the headshell. Never had one that sits at a real angle either.

Tks Spencer.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Thank you to all that have responded. The cartridge seems to align fine with the Nottinghham protractor at the 211 mm pivot to spindle distance. The Nottingham protractor is a two null point design. Does anyone know what this distance should be?

Jon,
I agree w/Raul. The DB protractor is similar in design to the one Nottingham provides.
Raul, a quick of the Spacedeck is that the armpod swings in an arc towards/away from the table when a bolt is loosened. This has to be adjusted with the platter removed before you use any protractor. Until the pivot to spindle distance is in range, you can't stand a chance of getting close to correct w/a protractor. Cheers,
Spencer

My recollection is that it should only be 203-205mm. Either way, the body of the cart won't be lined up w/the headshell.
Try contacting member, "4yanx". He knows tons about Spacedeck setup, and was very helpful to me when I owned one. Cheers,
Spencer

Dear Jon: I'm not familiar with the geometry of your Notthingham tonearm or its protractor.

If you can try to find the DB System protractor ( inexpensive one or a similar device ) and do the alignement with it. This protactor use the two null/points design, it is supposed that at these two points any pivot tonearm has cero traking error ( angle cero degrees ) and when the cartridge is perfected aligned in those points then everything is right on target. If your protactor works around these to point design and your cartridge is aligned with it then you have not to worry about " suqare " or anything elese.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

The distance from the spindle to the pivot is 211 mm.

What is the pivot to spindle distance? That's the best way to judge if armpod is okay. Cheers,
Spencer