In message , T i m
writes

The Maplin solution (not the same as the stuff for disolving
intestines PeterS) looks pretty good but with the diameter of the
drive flange (I can say 'flange'' here can't I?) at about 200mm I
don't know if a 195 or 210 diameter one would be best (the drive
spindle is about 15mm away from the flange (there, I said it again))

Well you're going to have to do some junior school maths (as I did) -
half the circumference of each of the flanges (if that's what you want
to call them and add twice the distance between centres (which won't be
exact as the belt doesn't come off at right angles, but wtf, it's close
enough. Take off a couple of mm for a bit of tension and convert it back
into a diameter ... find the closest

;-)

However, even with the p&p doubling the cost it still might just be
cheaper than driving to my *local* HiFi shop if I knew where that was

Everyone with a BT phone, every business and lots of other places have a
yellow pages, don't be a tit.

(but thanks for that Geoff) and being ripped off for one (£5.99
against £2.99 at Maplin if I one was near?). Either way it still seems
a lot of money for a rubber band?

Ok, I could borrow a decent deck (T.N.P.) if ....

1) I knew anyone that had one ...

2) Was likely to get them to lend it to me .. "Fred, your Linn Sondek
LP12 turntable, how easy is it to get it off that concrete plinth .. "
?

The retired couple across the road have offered the use of their
radiogram but I'm not sure how well it would cope with Quo or how well
the album will cope with a stylus that has re-treaded a good few 78's
in it's time ?? ;-)

Thorns plucked from the hedgerow are good


So, it's off to "Elastic bands R us" tomorrow to see what I can find
.. and yes I'm (currently) too tight (I call it 'carefull' Geoff g)
to spend a fiver on *anything* if I don't need to and for what could
be a short lived experiment. When I was working in the City, a whim
like this would have me off to Richer Sounds in my lunch hour and no
need to explain what was in the box when I got home .. sigh ;-(

All the best to all ..

T i m

p.s. .. now where is my puncture repair outfit so I can cycle to the
shops tomorrow ... ;-(

Nah, the post office sorting office is a good source of free rubber
bands. It is, in fact, where I got my temporary drive belt from (well,
actually they delivered it to me, wrapped around some envelopes)


p.p.s. I bought some 'special 'Superglue' at the Model Engineering Exp
this year that is very good for bonding rubber. The guy demos it by
cutting through a large 'O' ring, dabing a drop of the stuff on the
end (butt) joint and 3 seconds later playing tug-of-war with the
biggest bloke standing nearby .. nearly pulled me over! blush

More Weetabix for breakfast

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geoff