7 Aug
2006
7 Aug
'06
11:24 a.m.
On Monday 07 August 2006 08:00 am, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I know I've heard that name before, for sure. There were others as well.
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.
I don't know any offhand, but have you checked MCM to see if possibly such an
item is available as a stock part? As I said above, it's been a really long
time since I've looked for this sort of thing...
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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M Dakin
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?