Is there a substitute finger lift for Thorens?

A friend steered me to an eBay site listing SME headshell finger lifts for sale. Although there is a small design difference, the SME lift will work on a TD-126 arm. The price was right (around $25, including shipping) so I bought one, figuring it looked a lot better than anything I could fabricate.

My experence with ones like the SME is that while the cartridge bolts pass through the finger lift the arm could be used without it. In fact I used my SME IV without the lift for some years thinking that this marginally improved the sound. I would assume that the part you have has two holes in it; if it does then you may not need the lift; you can fabricate one out of aluminum or wood if you need one to manuver the arm. Usually I have found that if a part can be detached from the main structure the device can be opperated without it. For example I leave the anti skateing device off my arms.