You might write the Needle Doctor off their web site and see if they can steer you in the right direction.

http://www.sound-smith.com/ Check this web site as from CES this company is making Strain Guage carts.

Wes,

I was doing a little search of my own into the EK-1 and I discovered that Eagle offer a re-tipping service for it through a third-party (see http://www.eagle-audio.com/pay.htm).

Hope that helps (although this thread ia quite old!!!)