Just found a storage container - instant headshell storage!

[saunadog]

Yeah - as fate would have it, the grommet fit exactly in the bit hole, and the headshell fit exactly in the grommet. Sometimes you're lucky I guess.

Here they are inside a Teac branded CD storage container with sliding glass doors. Wow, I can tell that I took this picture a number of years back. I don't even have some of those cartridges anymore.

I must have close to 2 dozen cartridges mounted. Obsessive? Yeah, probably. Just fun to swap and display though.

 

[Bob in WI]

Yeah - as fate would have it, the grommet fit exactly in the bit hole, and the headshell fit exactly in the grommet. Sometimes you're lucky I guess.

Here they are inside a Teac branded CD storage container with sliding glass doors. Wow, I can tell that I took this picture a number of years back. I don't even have some of those cartridges anymore.

I must have close to 2 dozen cartridges mounted. Obsessive? Yeah, probably. Just fun to swap and display though. View attachment 737629

A custom look. I accumulated 6 carts & mounted them but find there are 2 I listen to regularly & I'd like to try an upgraded stylus on a 3rd. So my project will be small compared to your display. I'm not certain what those pink carts are .... you keep those around for the babes?

 

[dobyman]

I am anxious to see where this goes. There may be something great to come out of this thread. I am always wanting to improve something,

 

[saunadog]

A custom look. I accumulated 6 carts & mounted them but find there are 2 I listen to regularly & I'd like to try an upgraded stylus on a 3rd. So my project will be small compared to your display. I'm not certain what those pink carts are .... you keep those around for the babes?

Those ARE my babies Or one is anyway. Bad photo - the stylus for those two are actually red. Audio Technica AT14SA on the left end (with ATN13 stylus), and AT140LC next to it. I no longer have the AT14SA.

I need to make more room - have a Shure V15 V due in the mail any day. I picked up the body for a price I couldn't refuse, but finding an original stylus will be the problem. I might try the LPGear hyperelliptical, looks to possibly be a Jico from the blue dot on the cantilever

 

[Bugler]

You guys are giving me ideas. One of my sons has a pretty sophisticated 3D printer. Ummm

 

[Bob in WI]

You guys are giving me ideas. One of my sons has a pretty sophisticated 3D printer. Ummm

That would be the ticket!

 

[dobyman]

Again....... pics!

 

[saunadog]

I've done some more experimenting. I went on the auction site and purchased an acrylic stand designed to hold e-cigarettes. It works as-is for narrower headshells, but my generic "swiss-cheese" ones don't fit. The large holes are 3/4" diameter, and there's a smaller hole directly underneath that measures 1/4". The smaller hole isn't quite large enough to accommodate the bottom barrel of the headshell, but the pins do press against the sides which holds the headshell somewhat upright. I had to alternate headshells in order to make them fit.

I've also used a cosmetic storage stand that is designed for either nail polish or lipstick. I've tried some large rubber grommets with that one, which has worked pretty good, but I thought that the ecig stand looks nicer. The grommets measured around 7/8" outer diameter, 3/8" inner diameter, with a 1/8" inner groove. I think that I'll try them with the e-cig stand as well. The 3/8" ID seems to provide just the proper amount of snugness, and the soft rubber provides a gentle grip.