7 Aug
2006
7 Aug
'06
5 a.m.
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
It's been a really long time since I looked, but
there were companies that
used to sell all sorts of belts and rubber wheels and such for a lot of
equipment that used such. I know that VCRs used to have several of both,
for example. I was pleasantly surprised a while back when, finding that our
answering machine had quite working, I went to our local electronics
wholesaler and was able to walk in and buy a couple of belts for it to
replace the ones that were in there, which I'd last changed somewhere back
around 1986 or so...
You may be thinking of the late, lamented Projector-Recorder Belt Co.
They stocked (or could custom fabricate) belts and rollers for just about
anything. Unfortunately PRB seem to have disappeared sometime during the
90s. There's still something on the web that pertains to their
trade-name, but they do not seem reachable by phone or e-mail.
You might try MCM electronics, as one possibility,
though there are no doubt
other suppliers as well that do mail-order.
Those suppliers do have cross-reference materials available, though it's
primarily oriented toward consumer equipment.
True, but they cannot do 1-off custom. I have a handful of much-beloved
reel-to-reel audio tape decks and turntables in need of replacement
rubber. Is there anyone in the world tooled up for custom belts and
rollers anymore?
Steve