On 05/03/2016 08:35, N_Cook wrote:
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.
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.
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Crap commercialism, google cached only it would seem
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...ab=iw&&ct=clnk
not for viewing directly from Aldi site,by any potential customers
"3D Chocolate Egg Mould
Product Ref: 068604020813200
£ 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