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When sizing a belt:
for example, an old flat, wide (10 mm?) capstan belt measures 9 inches on the
âbelt measurer-thingâ, how much do you subtract when shopping for a
replacement size?
Repeat: belts need only fit reliably. They do not affect rpm. They do not have to be a exact match. A nitrile toothed belt inside out will do fine.
Graf, Breco, Parker (Euro, UK, US) all make 0.5mm belts in many materials, smooth, ribbed, toothed, fiber-reinforced, or not. Let your fingers do the walking. McMaster-Carr is a stocking distributor for many makers, and sell both flat stock and ready made belts of many types. The world is a big place, and much of it is at your fingertips.
pfjw@aol.com <pfjw@aol.com> wrote:
Tires are easy. Remove old idler, machine small groove in OD. Fit with O-ring of correct diameter & circumference. Replace idler. Done. Usually no need to glue, either. Flat idler get flat rings if necessary, or soft hemispherical rings. Note that perfect roundness is also achieved by this process.
I call BS on this.
Let me know the easy steps to replace the rubber on this part with an
O-ring from the hardware store.
http://www.smcelectronics.com/VCRIW12.JPG. Pretty common part back in the
day.
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 9:14:46 PM UTC-8, DaveC wrote:
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few places
but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If you're just going to Google, don't bother, I've already done
that...)
Thanks!
Russell Industries bought out the old Projector-Recorder Belt Corp several
years ago and still carries the "PRB Line":
http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html
They should have your belts. Just give them a call.
"N_Cook" wrote in message news:nb103f$s5i$1@dont-email.me...
On 29/02/2016 06:39, Ken Layton wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 9:14:46 PM UTC-8, DaveC wrote:
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few
places but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If you're just going to Google, don't bother, I've already done
that...)
Thanks!
Russell Industries bought out the old Projector-Recorder Belt Corp
several years ago and still carries the "PRB Line":
http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html
They should have your belts. Just give them a call.
But do they say whether they are new belts or old stock (so half
perished already)?
The total absence of any supplier stating they had new belts made me
move over to cutting my own belts , flat and square , from silicone
rubber kitchen products, no returns yet from broken examples.
Can you remind us what these products are?
I remember some conical shaped thing, and I think this is actually quite
a good idea.
Cheers,
Gareth.
Let me know the easy steps to replace the rubber on this part with an
O-ring from the hardware store.
Then, replace it with a flat O-ring out of a catalog, McMaster-Carr and/or any of a dozen other sources. Don't forget to re-lubricate the bearing...
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 8:24:40 AM UTC-5, pf...@aol.com wrote:
Let me know the easy steps to replace the rubber on this part with an
O-ring from the hardware store.
Then, replace it with a flat O-ring out of a catalog, McMaster-Carr and/or any of a dozen other sources. Don't forget to re-lubricate the bearing...
This is an extreme nitpick but maybe somebody would like to know.
To the general population an O-ring is any washer or gasket with a round cross section. I'm not so sure anybody thinks a flat gasket is actually an O-ring, but most people think any round one is.
Not so. Mechanical engineers have a technical definition of the O-ring, and it is not shape but function.
See here:
http://www.row-inc.com/sizes.html
If the gasket of circular cross section is sized so that it can rotate inside that groove, then and only then is it an O-ring.
Okay, nobody cares. But now you know.
(just try confusing a magazine and a clip on a firearms forum, and you'll see what abuse you get)
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few places but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If youâre just going to Google, donât bother, Iâve already done
thatâŚ)
Thanks!
On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 1:05:19 PM UTC-4, Tim R wrote:
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 8:24:40 AM UTC-5, pf...@aol.com wrote:
Let me know the easy steps to replace the rubber on this part with an
O-ring from the hardware store.
Then, replace it with a flat O-ring out of a catalog, McMaster-Carr and/or any of a dozen other sources. Don't forget to re-lubricate the bearing...
This is an extreme nitpick but maybe somebody would like to know.
To the general population an O-ring is any washer or gasket with a round cross section. I'm not so sure anybody thinks a flat gasket is actually an O-ring, but most people think any round one is.
Not so. Mechanical engineers have a technical definition of the O-ring, and it is not shape but function.
See here:
http://www.row-inc.com/sizes.html
If the gasket of circular cross section is sized so that it can rotate inside that groove, then and only then is it an O-ring.
Okay, nobody cares. But now you know.
(just try confusing a magazine and a clip on a firearms forum, and you'll see what abuse you get)
All true. But, and however, go into an industrial supply house and ask for a gasket... you will likely get something hard and made of a fibrous material, but also flat.
Ask for a flat O-ring, and you are far more likely to get what you want. Search in McMaster Carr - get roughly the same results.
Further to this, and in the specific application given, a true O-ring of the correct diameter would serve just as well as a flat "gasket".
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
China has the right idea, pics available from the primary source
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/3D-Easter-Egg-Chocolate-Silicone-mold_1992750941.html
something to do tomorrow, generate a lifetime supply of flat belts
hopefully.
On 05/03/2016 00:06, Gareth Magennis wrote:
"N_Cook" wrote in message news:nb103f$s5i$1@dont-email.me...
On 29/02/2016 06:39, Ken Layton wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 9:14:46 PM UTC-8, DaveC wrote:
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few
places but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If you're just going to Google, don't bother, I've already done
that...)
Thanks!
Russell Industries bought out the old Projector-Recorder Belt Corp
several years ago and still carries the "PRB Line":
http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html
They should have your belts. Just give them a call.
But do they say whether they are new belts or old stock (so half
perished already)?
The total absence of any supplier stating they had new belts made me
move over to cutting my own belts , flat and square , from silicone
rubber kitchen products, no returns yet from broken examples.
Can you remind us what these products are?
I remember some conical shaped thing, and I think this is actually quite
a good idea.
Cheers,
Gareth.
The main one is collapsible silicone funnels, ridiculous idea I know so
I grapped 12 or so before the importers would come to their senses, 6
black and 6 dull red unlike the usual "neon" kitchen silicone .
You also need some razor blades set up in a holder to split the
thickness and some mandrels to stretch over, to then cut around in a
sort of lathe fashion, then making finishing cuts by eye and hand ,
because the rubber always moves a bit in the cutting process, so end of
cut will never exactly meet the start.
Luckily I've never come across a situation where you need a fair face on
both sides of a band, even then perhaps a 180 deg axial twist in such a
band, and back on the other side, could work there.
For walkman size bands, I set up a sort of grinding machine with
"Dremmel" and "diamond" disc to "grind" back imperfections of such cut
bands.
On 05/03/2016 08:35, N_Cook wrote:
On 05/03/2016 00:06, Gareth Magennis wrote:
"N_Cook" wrote in message news:nb103f$s5i$1@dont-email.me...
On 29/02/2016 06:39, Ken Layton wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 9:14:46 PM UTC-8, DaveC wrote:
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few
places but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If you're just going to Google, don't bother, I've already done
that...)
Thanks!
Russell Industries bought out the old Projector-Recorder Belt Corp
several years ago and still carries the "PRB Line":
http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html
They should have your belts. Just give them a call.
But do they say whether they are new belts or old stock (so half
perished already)?
The total absence of any supplier stating they had new belts made me
move over to cutting my own belts , flat and square , from silicone
rubber kitchen products, no returns yet from broken examples.
Can you remind us what these products are?
I remember some conical shaped thing, and I think this is actually quite
a good idea.
Cheers,
Gareth.
The main one is collapsible silicone funnels, ridiculous idea I know so
I grapped 12 or so before the importers would come to their senses, 6
black and 6 dull red unlike the usual "neon" kitchen silicone .
You also need some razor blades set up in a holder to split the
thickness and some mandrels to stretch over, to then cut around in a
sort of lathe fashion, then making finishing cuts by eye and hand ,
because the rubber always moves a bit in the cutting process, so end of
cut will never exactly meet the start.
Luckily I've never come across a situation where you need a fair face on
both sides of a band, even then perhaps a 180 deg axial twist in such a
band, and back on the other side, could work there.
For walkman size bands, I set up a sort of grinding machine with
"Dremmel" and "diamond" disc to "grind" back imperfections of such cut
bands.
For anyone in the UK, go to Aldi , before easter.
3GB , so for less than the price of one flat belt from Farnell, plus VAT
etc. Better than those funnels for cutting up into bands.
"exploded view" chocolate easter egg moulds. As close to ideal as
possible for supplying flat drive belts as concentric flat rings
complete range from 10mm diameter to 87mm diameter. When split would
give 50 bands 1.5mm thick, from 1 to 5mm wide, as they are then 5mm
wide. Plus 12 thin cylinders that may well stretch to cover failed
cassette tape pinch rollers.
To go to .5mm thick , I'll try stretching over various cylinders as
mandrels plus washers. Cut all the putative bands off the sheet, by
cutting through the main plane of the sheet mould so they will evenly
lay-up against each other on the mandrel with washer spacers and apply
some pressure to keep the rubber from squirming when cutting and set a
razor blade in the toolpost and razor through , turning the lathe chuck
by hand.
Then if non-parallel faces , then "grind" down with "diamond" disc in
dremmel ablating back to widest sections. With all such bands then at
least one fair face for going against balluster drive pinions.
++++++++++
Crap commercialism, google cached only it would seem
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tJVmebmtr6sJ:https://www.aldi.co.uk/p/68604/0%2Beaster+chocolate+moulds+site:aldi.co.uk&hl=en-GB&gbv=1&um=1&tab=iw&&ct=clnk
not for viewing directly from Aldi site,by any potential customers
"3D Chocolate Egg Mould
Product Ref: 068604020813200
Ł 2.99 Make and decorate your own homemade Easter eggs for friends
and family.
They'll love making delicious chocolate treats with this egg mould -
plus it's a great way to get the creative juices flowing.
Design: 3D Egg
Dimensions: 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.5cm
Material: LFGB Silicone Mould
Product Type: Chocolate Moulds
"
supposed URL of
https://www.aldi.co.uk/p/68604/0#
so no pic available to my browser anyway.
If anyone else finds a valid URL, please post here
About 3 hours to render down one sheet to all these bands, not all
sliced down as can do to required thickness when required. Went out and
bought another sheet , as a seasonal product, and the idea worked so well.
http://diverse.4mg.com/silicone_bands_easter.jpg
The blow hole plug plus cylinders shown , with one stretched over a
pinch wheel.
As long as the increased diameter does not rub on the carrier, AFAIR
always enough clearance. So those plus standard O Orings , one or 3
layed in periphery for pulley tyres(flat edges are not required for
tyres in tape decks), completes the universal rubber tool kit.
Plus remnants in pic. minimum I've "bean sliced" down to without
breaking is about 0.3mm thick.
for refurbishing a tape deck, I need some belts. I googled a few places but
nothing very inspiring (not a great selection).
Anybody have a source they like and use?
(If youâre just going to Google, donât bother, Iâve already done
thatâŚ)
Thanks!
Try here:-