@hdm , Probably ''small world'' because I was informed by one
of my Polish friends about this adventure. He proudly informed
me that ''they'' can get boron cantilevers with ''glued in'' micro
ridge styli for an ''reasonable price '' . My question was if they
want to try to install them by them self in the so called ''joint
pipe''? For the retippers this job is the most attractive one:
gluing the whole combo in the ''aluminum tube'' behind and
charge 500 euro for the job. Even my old friend Axel Schurholz
refused to do the more difficult job of gluing only the stylus in
the original cantilever for 250 euro. He got so many orders from
''everywhere'' that he could afford such attitude. Thanks to
me among other because I made P&R for him in our forum.
Cost me 500 euro instead of 250 + 6 months waiting time instead
of 2 weeks (grin).