Wally Wally Wally

The picture of the "Gizmo" I use to measure anti skate force is up on my system page if anyone cares to look at it. It allows you to use your VTF gauge to measure anti skate force.

@solypsa, on my system page is a picture of a boron cantilever sans stylus. I would think that would make you a lot more anxious!

I was only familiar with the Wally Skater so I went to the web site to check out their other stuff. You have to be kidding me? IMHO that is just throwing money down the toilet. With a good eye, a DB Systems protractor and a good digital VTF gauge you can do everything all that overpriced plastic does for $100.00 about 1/8th the price. I love tools as much as any guy but I would rather spend that money on records.

There is no mystery in setting up a turntable correctly. The weakest link in the chain is the person doing the setup. If a tonearm's geometry is correct and it is mounted spot on, all that is needed is an overhang gauge. I made my own as there is not one on the market that suites my needs. It fits over the spindle and was calibrated for my arm on a lathe. There is not aiming things at the horizontal pivot or lining up the cantilever with fine lines. Once I find my the right VTA for a cartridge the gradations on the tonearm's shaft allow me to return to the same spot instantly. 
IMHO all that other stuff is wasted money. The Wally Skater in particular would make Rube Goldberg proud. I can do exactly the same thing with a digital VTF gauge. 

1+ lewm, 
SRA can be tough due to stylus shape even with a usb microscope. The best compromise with the Gyger S and other styli like it such as Soundsmiths OCL is to set the oncoming face of the stylus to 90 degrees.
That will put the contact patch somewhere between 91 to 93 degrees which is the best you can hope for. Azimuth is best set by the mirror method. The Fozgometer is a bad joke. First of all the output of the individual channels is never equal and the goal is the get the stylus perpendicular to the groove not the coil orientation. Whatever is lost in channel separation is more than made up for in better tracking and record wear. The trickiest is setting overhang. It also depends on your eye and judgement. Having used the SmarTractor I can highly recommend it as it gives your eye the best shot at getting it right. It is superior to either the Feickert or Wally protractors and it is much better made than either. It also costs a lot more. As for Antiskating this is best done with a digital VTF gauge. The problem is that digital VTF gauges will not work in the horizonal plane. You need a devise to convert horizontal force to vertical force. I will post a picture of such a device on my system page tomorrow.
Pardon the crude appearance. It is just a prototype.