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RE: Skating force is produced by friction between the spinning record and the tracking stylus...

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In Reply to: RE: Skating force is produced by friction between the spinning record and the tracking stylus... posted by John Elison on February 04, 2025 at 17:05:20

Please see the following link

https://www.wallyanalog.com/post/skating-force-offset-angle-part-1-of-2

https://www.wallyanalog.com/post/skating-force-offset-angle- (Open in New Window)

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RE: Skating force is produced by friction between the spinning record and the tracking stylus... - John Elison 10:40:45 02/10/25 (0)
Okay, I read the article and watched the videos. Your article and its videos show that skating force is the result of the position in which the tonearm is mounted relative to the spinning record. I agree completely. That's exactly what the following diagram shows. The fact that the cartridge is attached at an offset angle has absolutely nothing to do with skating force, which is caused by the position of the tonearm relative to the spinning record.

I'm not sure why you are arguing against the diagram below. It says exactly the same thing that your WAM Engineering article says.
RE: Skating force is produced by friction between the spinning record and the tracking stylus... - John Elison 07:34:57 02/10/25 (0)
I read half of it until I got bored. I'm not sure why you want me to read this article. I never once said that skating force was generated as a result of headshell offset angle. Skating force is generated because friction acts tangentially to the groove indicated by vector Ft. This force does not pass through the tonearm pivot point indicated by vector Fa. Consequently, skating force is generated as shown by vector Fs. None of this has anything to do with the headshell offset angle. It has to do with the position in which the tonearm is mounted relative to the spinning record, I don't know what your problem is. The diagram below explains skating force completely and accurately.

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