tu58 - reading off end of reel?

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Thu Apr 29 15:45:41 2004

Speaking of which....

I have two TU58 drives, both have a bad set of rollers. One is built into
the 11/44 cabinet, one is a standalone desktop version. I decided to follow
the "tygon tubing solution", but haven't actually done it yet. I have two
questions:

1) What is the best way to cut the tubing to get nice clean round edges? I
tried to make a slice, but the tube gets bent/flattened due to the pressing
down of the blade so the resulting cut is "oval". Some kind of hot
wire/knife maybe? Gently sawing would leave jagged edges... ideas?

2) The old gummy roller comes off, but there is still some gunk left on the
metal capstan center. I could put the tube over this, but it may slip a bit
perhaps. Is there a good way to get the final remaining goo off the capstan?
I'm afraid to scrub it or anything for fear of damaging the tachometer hub.

Oh, and also, anyone have a good source for blank media for the TU58?

Thanks!

Jay West

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