You might want to attempt cutting the lift in stages so that you don't overcommit the first cut. If you do try to cut the lift, make sure you use a thin, fine-toothed saw blade and allow for additional filing to smooth out the cut surface. Try filing down a bit of the tip with an emery board or glass file to see how it might go. I suggest that if you do try to remove some of the carbon finger lift, you go about it slowly. In your case, though, the problem isn't as easily remedied. I found the finger lifts to be a snagging hazard when working on cartridge installation so I just got rid of the problem. I removed the metal finger lifts from my tonearms and use the cueing mechanism exclusively. )Ī separate metal lift from Pro-Ject or SME would work but I suggest just using the cueing lever. Small risk but the outcome could get your blood boiling. And I wouldn't try to remove all of the lift, maybe just the outer 5-10mm, so you don't run the risk of cracking the headshell. My hunch is that you could try to cut/file it back but you'll end up with a rougher, unpolished surface and inconsistent color. I haven't removed a carbon fiber finger lift but I have done some work with carbon bike parts. Manufacturing objective appears to be more about being fashionably cheap than functional. That new finger lift does look like a very poor design. Is there something else embedded in it like threads of metal? is the layered carbon hard to cut through? wandering if i just get a pair of wire cutters and *snip* the whole finger lift away, if its going to shatter the whole tonearm head like plastic or glass or something i have no idea how this material behaves. Obviously made for looks and not practicality. rubber would have been a good start but it just means your finger has to be even lower underneath and your fingernail starts to drag on the vinyl surface.(yes it really is that bad a design.unbelievable). Problem is.as theres no vertical elevation on the finger lift, its already so low to the vinyl surface that you can barely get your finger under there as it is now. something like the SME metal finger lifts that can just attach to the top screws like this:Ĭould you not try sticking a profiled bit of rubber under the " fingerlift"? You can decide on the right shape for your finger and avoid cutting anything off. Just wandering if anyone has successfully managed to remove the useless wing finger lift and attach something useful? im thinking. your stylus goes skipping across the vinyl surface until you catch it or give up and use the tonearm lift and the whole process is. So you attempt with the index finger only and pressure upwards on the finger lift makes the whole arm fly inwards across the record as the finger lift is so badly positioned and angled that any upward pressure on it is not an even upwards pressure but a sideways one as well and. And then if you ARE lucky enough to get your finger under there, because of the idiotic "wingswept" orientation you try and lift it and you cant grab the front of it with your thumb because your thumb just slips off due to the crazy backswept angle of the finger lift, you can only control it with your index finger. Theres no vertical elevation to its shape. it is directly horizontally across, which means that it is flying SO LOW that your finger cant get underneath it properly when its playing on the record without knocking and touching the record.