Post by jon on Mar 9, 2021 15:31:20 GMT 12
The answer to question 1 is that the 3012 is larger and you cannot swap them.
Which means I'm reduced to trawling through eBay and Trademe in a futile exercise in hunt the rare as a unicorn's horn thing!
Unless someone can make one for me - I literally had the though whilst typing this up!
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Post by mattb on Mar 9, 2021 16:03:39 GMT 12
Hi Jon - it may be worthwhile contacting Charles at True Point Audio in the UK - he converted my 3009 to a 3012 and maybe able to supply parts for this - I don’t know if he supplies individual components vs the whole conversion kit - on the quality side I’ve been very happy with what he supplies
Cheers
Matt
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Post by jon on Mar 9, 2021 18:36:13 GMT 12
Thanks, Matt! Email sent, let's see what happens!
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Post by jon on Mar 9, 2021 20:05:47 GMT 12
Well, that was quick! Charles responded with a no, he does not have a wayrod. He has suggested a couple of other places I could try... onwards
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Post by jon on Apr 7, 2021 7:11:44 GMT 12
OK, Robert of Analog Tube Audio has sent me pictures... with dimensions!  
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Post by jon on Oct 17, 2021 10:48:06 GMT 12
Ok, I found a replacement SME 3012 with damper... 
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Post by jon on Oct 17, 2021 10:53:47 GMT 12
Oh, yeah and I got some slate! Ex-billiard table, some 40mm thick. Dimensions are 1870X720X40mm  Now to create the cutout plan (2 plinth layers, cutout in plinth layers, 3 tonearm boards) Why three tone arm boards? 1) For the SME 3012 2) For the Gray tone arm I have 3) For my Origin Live Illustrious Mark IV Owen was right, I have got billiard table slate! That tile weighs 120kg.
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Post by paulsaints on Oct 17, 2021 11:33:04 GMT 12
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Post by Citroen on Oct 17, 2021 12:04:41 GMT 12
Great find jon. They don't come up very often in NZ or did you get it from overseas?
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Post by jon on Oct 17, 2021 14:46:26 GMT 12
The 3012 came from a local guy in Wellington, he was a work colleague at one point. SO nice to catch up with him and so on.
The slate a friend saw and we bought a sheet each.
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Post by jon on Oct 17, 2021 14:48:23 GMT 12
Not sure... the weird thing here is that a lot of people claim that their wayrod is a 3012 and when you ask for measurements they go all shy...
I'm not sure, but might get it anyway.
Thanks for pointing it out.
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