Thanks Al!??OK the thickness of tubing is not critical?
That black goo is hard to get off? the hands.. what have you found to be the best
solvent?? ?Ed#
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On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 10:51 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
The roller in the HP cartridge tape drives of various
models have turned to crap also... I have one that came with an HP 3000 series 37
mighty mouse system? ?thst totally goo-ed a tape........ Any one with similar problem
find a replacement roller?
Yes, they are easily made from norprene tubing.
I do the same for DEC TU58 rollers.
The trick to cutting them is to put the tubing over a wooden dowel, then
cut with an xacto or single-edge razor blade.