4 Feb
2004
4 Feb
'04
9:31 a.m.
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 16:05, Tony Duell wrote:
A small lathe is even better, but note that the cutting tool is very
different in angle from that used for metal turning! Freezing the rubber
in liquid nitrogen helps (it makes it a lot firmer), if you happen to have
the liquid nitrogen....
-tony
You might find an 'idler tyre' for a VCR
would work if you can get one
the right size. You want to go to a _good_ VCR spares/repair place and
see if they can match it up.
YOu can also turn rubber pretty easily on a small drill press. The real