[GreenKeys] Fate of M40 printers...

[Pete Lancashire]

The toothed belt in it self is nothing special.

When I got the 40's about 5 ? years ago I looked at what it would take to
make a couple.

Maybe this winter I'll play around with some of the silicone rubber gasket
materials. One
can get extrusions that are rectangular.

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Yes, it is a rather sad commentary on the situation of the Model40 type
> carrier
> belts...
>
> I worked on many of these machines around 1986 to 88, and even then,
> the type carrier
> belts were routinely failing...
>
> I always kept several of the more common type carrier belts w/pallets,
> so to effect
> a quick change in the field...
>
> Not so much fun when you have to start from scratch and change all the
> pallets into a new belt...
>
> Perhaps some company cud make these belts, but the cost is likely
> to be astronomical!
>
> It is too bad such nice units are now "Orphaned" on account of a problem
> such as this!
>
> Tks for listening!
>
> Ken
> VE3-HMQ
> i-Telex 61663
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