Stylus Pressure Gauge AND Damage to Stylus?

TWL, my cartridge is a MM. Did I do something wrong?

When I place my stylus on the lever I get one reading then if i were to press or blow the lever down a little bit with the stylus still sitting in the same spot, the gauge balances differently then if I were to just place the stylus there without touching it. I have the Shure SFG-2 model. Any opinions?

-Marcus

Basement, its not that it doesn't float in the same spot everytime.

Every time I JUST place the Stylus on the lever I get my desired reading. If I were to touch the tonearm a little and make the tonearm and lever bob up and down with eachother, it then settles on a slightly higher reading (more downforce on the tonearm).

I maybe would say the more accurate method would be to JUST place the stylus on the lever without causing bobing because maybe the Gauge has friction on it and cannot lift the tonearm back up. What do you all think?

TWL, well put. Sometimes us "Vinyl Heads"
need a kick in the &@%

-Marcus

One more thing. I have noticed that when I place the Gauge on a record instead of the platter mat, the VTF reading on the gauge is much more higher. (ie. on the mat the reading is 1.5 grams, on the record the reading is 2.5 grams, then if I place it on the platter without the mat the reading is much lower roughly around 1 gram). What do you think?

P.S - The Shure instructions read "for better stability, place the gauge on a record"

Thanks,
Frustrated.