What adhesive is used to re-tip a cartridge?


The reason I ask is that I have a Shelter 501-II with a loose cantilever. The cartridge has less than 800 hours. (I'd guess) The cantilever can easily be rotated or removed with a small jewelers tweezer. I've had the cantilever out of and back into its socket a couple of times just to test it. Apart from that I'd guess the cartridge to be healthy.

If I knew what adhesive the re-tippers used, I'd just put a tiny dab of that stuff on the cantilever, put it back into its socket, align it so the stylus appears vertical, and let it set up.

-Steve
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Kind of makes the thread title a rhetorical question. ;-)

My query was genuine. I did get some responses from folks in the industry. Thanks guys!

What I've found is that the info I was seeking isn't generally discussed in exact detail. Not freely anyway. My guess; some bits of info might be regarded as proprietary, even when the details involve commonly available products.

Anyway, superglue dissolves with acetone. So, if I wanted to remove the cantilever at some time in the future, I could use that solvent loosen the cantilever and remove it without putting undue stress on the cartridge suspension. Just think, maybe I'll find a source of high quality replacement cantilevers/stylii and be able to make my own upgrades!

-Steve
I'm curious why you asked the question here. Did no one on VA know the answer?
No one anywhere offered a suggestion based on experience.

I also tried Vinyl Engine.
At VE there is a thread where broken cantilevers, of the hollow type, are being patched together using a filed down cactus spine as an internal splint. However that thread seemed to bypass anything that resembled something that a professional would do.

There has been nothing offered that was specific to my query other than scraps of interviews with industry professionals (cartridge designers). But these interviews fail to get into specifics having to do with exactly which adhesives.

-Steve