Spindle-To-Pivot Distance

...mind the 'jerry rigged' comments, puleze....I've been spending a lot of time giving that a positive spin in my own meandering fashion.... ;)

" Why would moving the cartridge forward in a headshell with elongated slots “look ugly”, and who cares?"

Indeed.  That is where my Hana rides on my VPI . . . . . . 

What tonearm and what turntable?

This is all really good stuff.  Thank you all.  I think I'm going to mount the turntable on an oversized plate, mount the tonearm where the edge of the turntable platter is closest to the platter, and put the darn thing where the manufacturer says to put it.  It looks kind of goofy but so do I. I ran the vinylengine calculator and the numbers that it gave me correspond to the alignment points on an ancient cardboard protractor that I have, so if it ends up wrong well, what can I do.

Dear @lewm  : " , and how their work applies to modern stereo gear.....""

of course that you are free to post whatever you want it but it's weird that on almost each alignment isssue threads post the same " question " but you never posted a different solution or why you are " wonder " the same one and again.

Obviously that you have not an answer/different solution and with all respect: what are you lokking for?

R.