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Reed 3P armboard mounting

This is question is steeped in ignorance. Does anyone have experience mounting a Reed or similar tonearm to a wood armboard? The 3P seems to use three M5 screws. I would guess the most reasonable approach is installing threaded inserts into the armboard, although that creates more variability in getting an accurate P2S distance. In contrast my current tonearm is attached with a threaded post clamped the armboard with an underside nut. There is enough side-to-side shuffle in this arrangement to get a very accurate P2S. Thank you. 
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chakster
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Dr. Feickert just copied today what was made 45 years ago in Japan by Luxman (much better design in my opinion). 

Pivoting gunmetal armboards also designed way back by Micro Seiki as far as I know, and I think it's worst that Luxman metal armboards on the rail, because Luxman armboard can be fixed properly.  
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chakster
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My Reed 3p screwed directly to the teak wood armboard and fixed with nuts. I have a template with my tonearm from the manufacturer.

I think you don’t need threaded inserts if you can’t make precise PS measurement.

If you have a protractor like Feickert NG you can check PS quickly and easily.

P.S. Manufacturer recommended WOOD (not metal) armboard when I asked him about it long time ago.
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chakster
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Proof lies in the modern SME methodology. With modern SME arms there are no headshell slots-the cartridge can only be mounted in one fixed position and the solution is to slide the tonearm mount closer or further back-CHANGING the P-S! There is an invaluable lesson to be learned by the SME method of obtaining alignment.

Nothing new here, Luxman made it for ALL tonearms on PD-444 in the 70’s with metal armboards on the rail (can be moved to the left or to the right to change PS distance).

Nowadays Feickert did almost the same on his turntable.

*New SME tonearms are the ugliest on the planet in my opinion.

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