Quote Originally Posted by magos View Post
judging from the little space between the top of the foot and the base of the turntable it looks like they are not all equidistant. I am assuming that this means the turntable is leaning slightly in one direction, which would affect the balance and anti-skate.

Does this makes sense? Are the feet supposed to all have equal distance? Is the weight of the turntable evenly distributed to all 4 corners? Is there some trick to screwing in the feet so they are all the same distance?
If the turntable is unlevel that will definitely affect the way the tonearm behaves. The space between the feet and the base of the turntable is irrelevent if the surface the turntable sits on is unlevel. The weight is not evenly distributed so by their nature Technics tend to sit unlevel (this of course will differ from table to table...)

To level the turntable, take a small spirit level and place it on the platter. Start with the spirit level running side to side. Then screw the turntable feet in or out until the the bubble reads level. Next place the spirit level running front to back and adjust the feet again if necessary. There's no real trick to it except trial and improvement.