24 Jun
2025
24 Jun
'25
8:40 p.m.
On 06/25/2025 11:32 AM AEST The Doctor via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 07:59, Mike Stein via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
If you believe you can bandsaw the roll to a tape width of the nominal 1.000" and
that any deviation in that width is less than the code holes 0.002" transverse
allowance as defined in the ANSI X3.18-1967 Standard then you have either a really nice
bandsaw and a well-made cutting jig or very very steady hand.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-ca9eb746e25a5f1218b695f4e8e6…
Paper tape isn't that difficult to make by
slicing a wider paper roll such
as for PoS printers into appropriate widths; some folks have had some
success just carefully chucking the roll into an electric drill clamped in
a vise and holding a box cutter with a sharp knife against it while it
rotated.
Just thinking out loud - how well would running one of those paper rolls through a
band saw to make smaller, skinny enough rolls work?