On 7/7/2012 4:16 AM, N_Cook wrote:
I still regularly replace them for people (tends to be with silicone rubber
bands )
This week something I did not know - found while trying to make sense of
strobing a capstan to set the motor speed. An Aiwa with rotatatable head for
playing the "reverse" side of the tape. Spindle to one capstan was 1.49mm
diameter and the other 1.69mm and proportional size difference to the
capstans, driven by the same band. I'd measured one spindle and then marked
,for strobing, the other capstan. Both decks , Rec/Play & play ,this same
mechanical disparity




Are the flywheels that the motor belt goes around different diameters?

Regards,
Tim Schwartz
Bristol electronics