Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!houxb!hrs From: hrs@houxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Don"t Listen to Bad Anti-Skate Advic - (nf) Message-ID: <291@houxb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 08:39:13 EDT Article-I.D.: houxb.291 Posted: Mon Apr 30 08:39:13 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 1-May-84 07:12:01 EDT References: <628@ihuxb.UUCP> uiuccsb.5700037 Lines: 11 Skating force is the resultant (pun) due to the angle of the arm, the friction of the stylus on the record, and the arm mass. A groove only increases the friction. For those who have had physics or mechanics, it is a very simple problem to show that the skating "force" does not depend on whether there is a groove. Those who have not had physics can verbalize on skating force forever. Herman Silbiger CGE