Coming up dry for Alps/Radio Shack/Atari/Commodore plotter gears
>From: "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
>
>On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>> --- "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> > As long as the load is not that great, one can whack
>> > out the center with a drill and then notch it with a file.
>> > The drill needs to be larger than the OD of the inner splins.
>> > You then fill the voids with a mixture of epoxie and
>> > fiber glass wool...
>>
>> That sounds interesting for a large enough gear, but in this case,
>> it's about 1/8" in diameter and 5/32" long with a bore of 1/20".
>>
>> I don't think I'll be trying to whack and/or notch a chunk of
>> plastic that's smaller than a tic-tac.
>
>How about making a silicone mold from an original gear and making copies out
>of some kind of plastic or epoxy resin?
>
>>
>> -ethan
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>Peter Wallace
>
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Dwight
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