28 Jan
2008
28 Jan
'08
10:03 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Interesting - I don't think I've seen a belt like that (at least not where the
"non-rung" parts are open). I've seen ones with 'guide rails' in
flatbed
scanners and the like, of course, but not with actual gaps between the belt's
teeth (which I think is what's implied here)
I wonder if anyone's ever managed to make rubber widgets in the home workshop?
I don't mean things like repairing tape drive wheels using heatshrink tubing,
but actually making the bits from scratch using some form of solution / heat /
drying / vulcanising process. Probably a horrible trial-and-error experience,
and maybe impossible, but I've not come across anyone who's even attempted it...
(I did try, at age 9 or so, making my own toy car tires by using a clay mould
and attempting to melt down other old toy car tires. The result, as I recall,
was a big mess)
cheers
Jules
On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 22:13 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
I beleive that is the case. I've never actually seen the HP9871, but I've
read the service manaul (excellent) on hpmuseum.net. The drive belt fro an HP9871 (daiswheel printer,
the belt is about 2m
long and looks like a ladder. I am told none have survived. This is one
printer I would love to find, just to see if I can work out some alternative)
I'm guessing that the rungs of the ladder go between teeth on the
pulleys, and the rails of the ladder keep the belt in place? In which