VPI JMW Jig Question

Here what I usually do:

Take your arm off the unipivot point. Place the jig over the spindle on your platter. Loosen the screws on the jig so that the V-shaped end can be pushed up against the side of the unipivot cup and tighten the screws back down. Place the arm back on the unipivot point and adjust your cartridge so that the stylus is on the small point of the jig and the front face of the cartridge is parallel to the lines on the jig. This is from memory and I don't have my jig in front of me so I hope I didn't confuse you more.

Oh, I see. I don't think the jig can be used for that function per se. If it can, it'll be tedious. The jig is more usual for setting up a cartridge on a VPI table with pre-drilled/pre-attached tonearm. I know on my JMW-10.5i tonearm (the one with VTA tower), the spindle to pivot distance is 256mm. I'm not certain what it is on the JMW-10.5SE that came with the Classic 1 table though. Good luck.

Kevin T

Sorry for the thread hijack:

I've got a Mint LP coming in the mail (Yip shipped it this morning). Should I do anything to compensate for the thickness of the Mint LP? I see several users stating that the Mint LP is thicker than most records and some suggested raising the tonearm to compensate for this difference and then lowering it again once complete. Is this getting too nit-picky?

My understanding is the Classic 3 arm is the same as the old JMW-10.5i arm which has a 256mm spindle to pivot distance. However, I suggest you confirm this with VPI first.

VPI has kinda muddied the water with their Classic arms iterations. There are now 3 versions of the Classic tonearm. Based on what I can tell, the Classic 1 tonearm is the arm that comes with the Classic 1 table (duh). It does not have the VTA adjustable tower. The Classic 2 & Classic 3 arms appear to be identical to the older JMW-10.5i tonearm except the Classic 2 arm had standard wiring while the Classic 3 arm has Nordost Valhalla wiring.

I've read multiple spindle to pivot distances for VPI's different 10.5" arms (254, 258, 259, and now 262mm). I measured my JMW-10.5i on my Aries 3 and it was 256mm. We'll see how close I was because that's what Yip suggested it would be and that's what my measurements confirmed. Hope I got it right because my Mint LP just shipped.