Mint Tractor

I set overhang using Yip's instructions, and while I had to repeat the process as the instructions mention, the and result was spot-on, and it took only about half an hour.

I just ordered one for my recently ordered Tri-planar arm, which will go with my DPS-2 and Zyx Atmos.

It should be interesting to use and contrast, as I also have experience setting my table up with a friend's Dr. Feickert alignment disc.

But I like the price of this one much more than the Feickert and especially the Wally Tractor.

   I've been watching this thread with some interest, as I've been enjoying the benefits of Yip's handiwork for a couple of weeks now. I was sure Stanley would find improvement over the VPI jig, as I did. So refreshing to get such major improvement with so little cash outlay. Wish I could find several more similar upgrades for so little money.   Thanks Stan, for being so forthcoming with the happy results. I'm also quite interested in Doug's impressions after his re-calibration.  Good stuff!  Regards to all,  Dan

I would respectfully disagee, the VPI alignment is not "off"; Harry has intentionally chosen this alignment and feels it is superior to the common Baerwald alignment. So, you, and I, may not prefer the VPI alignment, but the choice of where the tangency is optimized, is a legitmate choice and not "off" at all, simply different. A pivoted arm is only tanget to the record groove in two places and where those fall is open to some debate. Rega arms, when used in the three screw mounting scheme with Rega cartridges, also diverge from Von Baerwald alignment, so the VPI alignment is not some odd abberation.

Viridian...I don't think that VPI has a different alignment. When I last spoke to Harry, he said that I could use the ubiquitous DB protractor as a check to the VPI protractor and get the same results. My thought is that the Mint protractor is more accurate. The device compensates for the dreaded parallax error which could introduce additional significant errors.