Which VTF Scale are you using?

The Ortofon DS3 has no auto calibration system.

One recommendation I would have for everyone would be to buy some calibration weights - 1g, 2g.

This will enable you to quantify any errors in your chosen scale.

If you know the size of any errors, than at least you can allow for that when you take readings.

I always weigh stylus force at record level, no matter what arm.

I always weigh stylus force at record level,

So on the platter with no record?

On the platter mat with no LP on the presumption that the weigh pan is elevated off the mat surface by approximately the thickness of an average LP. No need to get any more anal than that.

No need to get any more anal than that.

How many outside our hobby think we’re anal?

How many inside our hobby……?