Tone Arm Balancing

You correctly did the original setup, but a few ideas to consider today. You can acquire a digital scale for very low price and get a better outcome as the balance and trust the counterweight “dial in” has been shown to have a lot of variation. Also the recommendation today on antiskate is to do much less than tracking force on the older arms. I would start at 1/3 the tracking force and adjust by ear if needed. The original settings were usually much more than actually required. Best of luck.

Rick

When  you balanced your tonearm to floating level, did you hold weight and turn the dial until the zero on the scale lines up with the mark?   Kind of a key item before your rotate entire assembly to line up to the 1.5 grams.   I use a digital scale nowadays.   Easier, more accurate.