On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:27:00 GMT, raden wrote:


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

Thanks for that .. I think a bit of string wrapped round the belt path
then measured may be more accurate in this case as the drive motor is
pretty close to the platter flange? The 'issues' may be having
sufficient choice of lengths and knowing what is the 'correct'
tension?


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.

I can't help 'being a tit' .. I've been one the 48 years I've lived
'locally' and as I know most of the shops I would imagine I would know
of any HiFi ones. Like all the (local) petrol stations that have now
become flats or hand car washes any ordinary HiFi shops that 'were'
are now charity or card shops? Those that are left only stock very
specilised gear and a belt from them (or even an elestic band) would
be at least 20 quid?


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

They actually have cactus so maybe they grow their own anyway? ;-)

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)

Our postie prefers to scatter them along the pavement as he goes ..
maybe it's so he can find his way back?


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

When I have them it's normally 4 (or 3 shredded wheat), I think it was
Alpen that day .. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m