Help and advise for cartridge cable mounting on tone arm

[newlash09]

Iam trying to connect the EMT TSD 15 cart to the acoustic signature AS1000 tone arm. But the cart cable pins seem to be too wide for the arm's lugs. I saw some videos, where folks have used tooth picks to widen the opening of the arm's lugs. I've tried the same, and widened the lugs a bit. But the pins are still too big for the lugs. Do I have to use an adapter of some sort to go in-between. Or is widening the lugs further the only option.  Thanks

 

[lazycat]

Carry on until they are wide enough.

It can be quite nerve-wracking, I've used a small screwdriver in the past or an Allen key.

 

[DomT]

Carry on until they are wide enough.

It can be quite nerve-wracking, I've used a small screwdriver in the past or an Allen key.

This.

 

[newlash09]

Thanks @lazycatand @DomT 

That was just the reassurance i needed. Will be back at it again then. Thanks

 

[DomT]

Thanks @lazycatand @DomT 

That was just the reassurance i needed. Will be back at it again then. Thanks

I am sure that you will appreciate that you have to be very careful as the lugs will be delicate.

 

[manicatel]

Very Good light,( I recently bought an led head-torch, very cheap but excellent for this kind of job),  maybe a decent magnifying glass, plenty of time & patience. Gently does it. 

 

[Nopiano]

I am sure that you will appreciate that you have to be very careful as the lugs will be delicate.

And their attachment to the whisker-thin arm wiring is equally delicate, and in my experience is invariably the first point of failure.  (Of course I don’t mean my own failure  but based on the returns we used to get at the shop.  Where once I could practically wire a cartridge blindfold, I’m very tentative these days.  I can’t imagine connecting any MC to a non-removable headshell these days.  )

 

[triumph]

Matchstick/Screw driver works & these are handy for cartridge tags

Nasotec Tweezers - Analogue Seduction

 

[uzzy]

A jewellers bent nose plyers or circlip plyers may help (if you can get them small enough to slide inside the tag)   

 

[Lurch]

Don't bother dicking around with hairy fairy girls tools, a hammer and cold chisel will open those suckers up in no time.

 

[Audio Al]

Do you play darts , If so stick one in the tag and give it a wiggle