Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience.

I feel though that you showed me your favorite fishing hole. :^)

I sure wish Jico produced Grace stylii.

I am currently removing the Ortofon cartridge from the Grace 707 headshell, so that I can clean out the putty that you can see in one of my pictures. Right now I am searching for a convenient tool to hold the round and slotted nuts that were used with the cartridge bolts. I know that I could just use small needle nose pliers or a hemostat, but I figured that a special tool must exist somewhere.

I also noticed that after I carefully tightened the headshell screw, the cartridge still has a tendency to move. I wonder if that is why I can detect some sort of glue where the headshell meets the chrome 707 arm tube.

I have also had a big setback. I put on my jeweler's glass and noticed a crack radiating out from the set screw, and that could explain why the headshell was moving from the start. There is also a repaired crack(glued) further around the headshell neck. I noticed that when I loosened the set screw way out, the un-repaired crack closes up. So, I am thinking of carefully tightening the set screw again to slightly open the crack and applying liquid Krazy Glue. I will then loosen the set screw and allow the crack to close tightly. My only fear is that the Crazy glue could descend down to the chrome arm tube and prevent any adjustment of the azimuth after the glue dries.

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Topic - Grace 707 azimuth adjustment? - alaskahiatt 01:26:00 10/16/16 (11)

RE: Grace 707 azimuth adjustment? - Kingshead 16:36:21 10/19/16 (5)

No I haven't, so thanks for the good recommendation. I wish I could - alaskahiatt 20:23:22 10/19/16 (4)

RE: No I haven't, so thanks for the good recommendation. I wish I could - Kingshead 02:17:58 10/20/16 (3)

Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience. - alaskahiatt 11:39:30 10/20/16 (2)

RE: Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience. - Kingshead 18:26:02 10/20/16 (1)

The repair worked! I did just what I said, and it looks like the glue - alaskahiatt 16:18:56 10/21/16 (0)

RE: Grace 707 azimuth adjustment? - SoundMann 08:53:27 10/16/16 (4)

I just pulled this tonearm off a freebie, water damaged, old Luxman PD 270 table, so - alaskahiatt 11:47:19 10/16/16 (3)

RE: I just pulled this tonearm off a freebie, water damaged, old Luxman PD 270 table, so - SoundMann 13:55:42 10/16/16 (2)

I understand, and I haven't touched the screw since I received the turntable. - alaskahiatt 15:09:25 10/16/16 (1)

RE: I understand, and I haven't touched the screw since I received the turntable. - SoundMann 21:48:52 10/16/16 (0)

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Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience. - alaskahiatt 11:39:30 10/20/16 (2)

RE: Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience. - Kingshead 18:26:02 10/20/16 (1)

The repair worked! I did just what I said, and it looks like the glue - alaskahiatt 16:18:56 10/21/16 (0)

Wow, thanks for this recommendation and your actual experience.

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