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Dremmel tool?

Before going the Dremmel tool route, are you clear about setting the effectve arm length? This is the length from the horizontal pivot point (as I recall, it is the "X" you mentioned earlier) to the stylus tip. Be sure you cannot get this where you want it before you (very carefully)lengthen the headshell slots with the Dremmel.

Then, be sure that you've mounted the arm the proper distance from the spindle center, which you can indeed measure as you've suggested, given the proper tools.

It goes without saying (I hope) that if you can correctly set both effective arm length and pivot to spindle distance, then you are home free.

IF you wind up using a Dremmel, be sure to keep TOTAL control over the grit you'll generate while grinding. It is a royal PITA if you let it get away anywhere near the TT. And, of course, keep the cartridge well away from the work/dust until you've got everything totally clean.

As an alternative, you can use a small file, like a jewler's file; but you still have to control the debris, and you have to be much more careful about twisting the arm while you hold it while filing.

Good luck,
Paul S

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