technics SP-25 armboard


I need to a adapt an Audioquest PT-5 tonearm to a Technics SP-25 turntable base. The round hole is pre-cut to 5 1/2" in diameter and 3/4" deep on the table base. I could buy the official, original armboard but it is designed especially for the EPA-500 tonearm assembly and would need to be adapted for the Audioquest arm. It might be cheaper to build one from scratch with all the correct measurements. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
sharpe

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I have one about that size; I use to be a Technics dealer when the SP-25 was new and had some of them. Is the armboard black by any chance? It is probably for another table but just don't remember.
They had either 2 or 3 aditional arm wands designed for heavier cartridges but they would be hard to find, although I did see one a couple of years ago. I had an EPA 500 in the 80s and it is a great arm. You could add mass to your counter weight if you wanted to use heavier cartridges but the wand/cartridge interaction would not be ideal.