Nashou's First Re-Tip attempt....with an Entre' EC-20 !!!!

[Nashou66]

Well Inspired by @needlestein and wanting to get Shibata Re tips for my Acutex Carts I bought a Shibata stylus for that.
But then whilst browsing the bay i found this Entre' EC-20 with just a nub of its sapphire cantilever left.

So I finally got the nerve to try it tonight.

So I ddi a trial run with the Shibata and no Glue.

Looks pretty good !!! So I removed it off the nub and dipped the end in glue to adhere it .

Got it!!! Then I decided to make sure It was on down tight enough and Boing!!!!!
The new can't flew off and disappeared into the mess of my workshop beck, floor
or the top of my peachfuzz head. Could not find it !!! Ugh !!!

So I wasn't going to give up and cut off the cantilever of a Acutex Eliptical
tipped cantilever from a EVG 707 DE. All I have to spare on hand.

So As I set out to see if this would fit over the sapphire nub I realized it was now gone !!!!
Lost with the Shibata tipped cantilever . Now what to do? Well as it happened
to be the 707-DE had a fatter cantilever than the Shibata one I lost.
With a little drilling out it fit over the OUTSIDE of the collar used to house the
sapphire cantilever which was fit on the inside of the collar. Perfect fit !!!!

So I did a dry run again then went for the glueing right away and it fit and lined
up as close I could get using my loupe and magnifying light .

Mounted it up on my only available head shell from a Dual 1019 and gave it a try.
Holy crap I works !!! Now the system I have this table set on isn't the beast so I
need to evaluate it more in another system. But for now It sound pretty good and
I am happy that I was able to do this delicate work with only that small SNAFU.

Athanasios

 

[bobins08]

Very cool.

 

[Nat]

That's a nice cartridge, and it's cool that you got it back up and running. Congratulations.

 

[Nashou66]

Well while taking it off the Dual sled to tighten it down after doing a proper alignment the sled suddenly
gave way to fast and i hit the start lever and it broke the new re tip off !!! Crap!!!

So I tried to drill out the glue in the cantilever tube but ended up twisting it and had to toss it. So got another 707-DE I had laying around
and second time around I did a much better job. While at it I drilled out the collars of both donor 707-DE's to prepare for a Shibata tipped cantilevers
when I find some relatively cheap ones.

I took a pic and noticed the tip was maybe off center vertically . As seen in this pic

But I realized it was the carts Azimuth was off.
I shimmed it with some card stock and now it looks right. Some dust bunnies got on here !!!!

But now it sounds really good .

So Excited I was able to do this !!!

@needlestein deserves props for showing others what can be done if you
just go for it and give it your best attempt. I don't think I'll be able to do the other intricate work he does
but you never know, inspiration is contagious .


Athanasios

 

[illinoisteve]

That you made mistakes, but soldiered on, is also inspiring to the rest of us. A true needlestein disciple!

 

[Nashou66]

That you made mistakes, but soldiered on, is also inspiring to the rest of us. A true needlestein disciple!

Thanks Steve !!! One thing about this re tip is the original collar has the remaining sapphire inside it. So i have to
use a cantilever large enough to fit around the collar and not in it. that leaves with lesser choices in tips as most better tips( Shibata, line contact etc) have narrower tubes.
So not if i want to go to a better tip on this I can cut the 707-DE off and leave enough to insert the better tip!

Athanasios