It seems to me that this "method" is consistent with Lyras instructions, but does avoid the skating effects, if any, imposed by the rotation of the record.Not sure what this means. The method should be performed while the record is rotating. Is that what you did?
Also, what I do to deal with the difficulty of visually perceiving small deflections is as follows:
1)Adjust the anti-skate setting until there is a small but readily perceivable deflection in one direction (as viewed from directly in front of the cartridge, of course), relative to the deflection (if any) when the stylus is not on the record.
2)Adjust the anti-skate setting until there is an equal amount of deflection in the opposite direction.
3)Set the anti-skate setting to the mid-point between the settings that were determined in steps 1 and 2.
4)Check that there is then no perceivable deflection when the stylus is lowered onto the rotating record at points near its beginning, middle, and end.
Regards,
-- Al