Thorens TD-126 Mark III

Glad you're sorted!

DV

No luck on the gauge at all. I ended up replacing the entire arm with an SME III. This arm aligns easily and has a VTA adjustment, not to mention sounding better than the factory arm.

The spacers are just little plastic tabs in different thicknesses. They start at .5mm to about 3.5mm in my accessories bag.

Any luck Rick? I have the same table, but my spacer's are missing, do you have any idea if it is possible to create your own, they seem like little peices of plastic to me, nothing too fancy.

The alignment gauge that comes with the turntable serves two functions; one is to set the overhang, which can be done with a variety of tools. The second is to set the cartridge height in the head shell by using different thickness spacers. I have the spacers, but not the gauge to tell me how many I need for different cartridges.

The arm doesn't have a VTA adjustment, it's done on the cartridge end with the spacers.

-Rick

A what? (Don't want to be nasty but...do you really get such a thing?)

You can use any printed alignment protractor to align a cartridge... or if you want a expensive tool like the Dr Feikert alignment tool.

Kind regards,
Dewald Visser