N_Cook wrote:
On 29/02/2016 17:51, Cydrome Leader wrote:
N_Cook wrote:
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.

I've always wondered about the freshness factor of their stuff these days.
They must be selling dozens of belts a month these days.





If I ran a company supplying rubber drive belts, I'd make great play in
my blurb, that they are new cut/moulded stock.
As none of the companies I've found selling belts for legacy equipment
say this, I assume they only have old stock , next to useless stock.

Nothing quite like an old plastic bag with the stained imprint of the
rubber part.

Any idea how they correctly make say a VCR idler tire? Molded one at a
time? cut from a tube? I've always wondered.