25 Sep
2009
25 Sep
'09
12:57 p.m.
Anyone have a good replacement source for the rubber feet on a VT100? Mine
are turning to goo. They measure 3/4" square by 1/2" high. I found some
furniture feet that will do at my local hardware store but they're round,
brown and too short.
Thanks,
Jack
25 Sep
25 Sep
1:19 p.m.
On 25 Sep 2009 at 14:57, Jack Rubin wrote:
Anyone have a good replacement source for the rubber
feet on a VT100?
Mine are turning to goo. They measure 3/4" square by 1/2" high. I
found some furniture feet that will do at my local hardware store but
they're round, brown and too short.
Jameco has some 3M Bumpon feet that are 0.81" x 0.3": Might be a
little coser:
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/catalogs/c293/P105.pdf
Cheers,
Chuck
1:29 p.m.
At 2:57 PM -0500 9/25/09, Jack Rubin wrote:
Anyone have a good replacement source for the rubber
feet on a VT100? Mine
are turning to goo. They measure 3/4" square by 1/2" high. I found some
furniture feet that will do at my local hardware store but they're round,
brown and too short.
Strange question, but what has the VT100 been sitting on? When we
were first in the apartment we used to live in I discovered a serious
problem. If I sat a piece of gear on the carpet for any amount of
time the rubber feet would melt. Highly irritating.
Of course in our new house my office is one of two rooms with carpet.
Zane
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2:02 p.m.
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:29:01 -0700
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
If I sat a piece of gear on the carpet for any amount
of
time the rubber feet would melt. Highly irritating.
Plasticizer evaporateing from
the carpet and doing its job on the
rubber... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticizer#For_plastics
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29 Sep
29 Sep
6:50 a.m.
The same thing happened to the feet on the pedestal for my HP150B and
it was sitting atop a 9121D like it was meant to. It has also happened
to the feet of several other things as well, all of various ages,
after about four years or so. It seems to happen to a particular
rubbery but very "sticky" material, which they all happen to be made
of, which also stains and is a bit difficult to remove.
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