29 Jan
2015
29 Jan
'15
3:52 p.m.
On 01/29/2015 05:18 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 01/29/2015 02:30 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
Yes, I've seen it in cassette decks, and also in a couple of 35mm slide
projectors (where there's a rubber drive wheel on the motor which engages
with the rest of the mechanism, or at least it would, if it hadn't turned
to goo)
I also had a pair of identical QIC drives where one roller was bad and the
other just fine.
cheers
Jules
Odd; the belts certainly stretch and often turn
to goo, but I haven't
run across any melting rollers or idlers in my piles of consumer audio
and video stuff yet. Maybe just not old enough; I wonder if there's any
way to prevent or at least delay the deterioration it if it hasn't
started yet.
I've got two Nakamichi cassette decks; both are the same model. One has
pinch rollers the consistency of modeling clay; the other is just fine.
So mileage must certainly vary.