TU-58

[Paul Anderson]

Is that PEX tubing you are referring to Jay?

Any one have ideas for a TU10 or other tape drive capstans?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Jay Jaeger <cube1 at charter.net> wrote:

> I used orange over black tubing designed for carrying water under
> pressure from Home Depot (here in the US), and then sanded it down to a
> reasonable O.D. size (IIRC).  Worked great.
>
> I don't know that the diameter is absolutely critical - I think it has
> some kind of speed encoding.
>
> On 12/2/2015 6:40 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> > Dear List
> >                  While the silk screeners process the panels I have a
> > couple of days for a little project
> > I have a TU-58 and yes it had gooey drive wheels.
> > Now it no longer has that problem but I have black and gooey fingers.!!!
> >
> > I know this issue has been addressed before.
> > So I think somebody must know where I can get the right tubing to
> > replace the degraded stuff.
> > The drive hub is 0.42" and the rubber bit was 0.62" o/d
> > A UK source would be nice,
> >
> > Rod
> >
>