On May 31, 2016, at 09:35 , Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 5/31/16 8:38 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
If I could find a way to create new tape belts, then it would be nice to be able to
overhaul old cartridges.
plastibands work ok for DC-100 carts. the bigger size is a bit too narrow for DC-600
though
I tried using plastibands in a TU58 cartridge, with zero success. Once stretched, the
width of the plastiband was too narrow, and it kept on slipping off the edge of the tape
spool and jamming things up thoroughly. These are the ones I tried using:
http://www.amazon.com/Baumgartens-8-inch-Plastibands-BAUSF5000-Assorted/dp/…
I think they might have worked if they were at least twice as wide, at around the same
circumference. Is there a different type available that might work better?
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/