On 05/03/2016 00:06, Gareth Magennis wrote:


"N_Cook" wrote in message ...

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.