Help needed headshell & DL103 Pro not balancing

[vandergraafuk]

Hello all,

After a real long gap of collecting my bits to start my journey down the 1210 experience. I finally sat down today and plumbed in the 1210 fitted the sumiko and DL103 Pro and to much frustration cannot balance the arm. With the weight all the way to end of the stub the cartridge won't lift up level to the platter. I am currently using the stock arm. Any ideas or additional weights that I could buy?

:scratch:

[DSJR]

Speedy Steve's custom counterweight service?

You'll need an external stylus balance though :)

[vandergraafuk]

Thanks for that pm sent to speedy Steve

[NRG]

£1 coins and some blue tac will get you going...

[vandergraafuk]

Good point gonna give it try

[Moko]

You can also try lead tape normally used by Golfers & Tennis players to add weight to their own rackets etc.

Pretty cheap if bought off EBay and you can just wrap up it around & around your current counterweight until it balances

[DSJR]

Adding mass to the counterweight will render the play-weight scale unusable since the calibration will be thrown out by the extra mass movong towards the pivot as weight is applied to the stylus. Not an ossue of you have a decent external balance as i suggested above :)

[vandergraafuk]

Thanks for all the responses. Got going with 2x £1 coins blutak'd to the arm stub. Speedy.Steve is going to machine me a custom counterweight. Game on. ;)

[NRG]

Nice one :cool: