Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I don't need more of those! LOL
3-D Printing and Spencer Tape Gears
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Metals406
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Found out from Cody, he bought them from John Day Rigging.
Edit: Found a John Day Rigging in Hermiston, Oregon.
Edit: Found a John Day Rigging in Hermiston, Oregon.
bitzer
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Mike I take a small eye bolt (eye about the size of a quarter) and grind the end to a sharp point. It has to have flat sides though. Not round. I usually just grind four sides. Then I pull the end off the tape and fish a key ring through the hole and attach the "nail" to it. The eye of it has plenty of surface to give you leverage to dig it into frozen wood. I sharpen it once in a while, but its the cats ass for hardwood.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Pics?
bitzer
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I posted it in here somewhere. Can't remember where. I'll see if I can find one.
Key rings are great. They're cheap, and tough, but they'll give when they have to so something else doesn't. I use them for all kinds of stuff.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Wonder if 100 tape ends an rivets would be super expensive?
I might try the penny thing to see?
Or call JDR from above and see if they sell tape ends like Cody's still.
I might try the penny thing to see?
Or call JDR from above and see if they sell tape ends like Cody's still.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Talked with Cody more, he said he bought just the d-ring and squeezed it on the tape. Then he'd slide the plastic boot up to help hold it. I imagine a chunk of shrink tubing would work as well -- or tape in a pinch.
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Some of the guys down here are using shrink tubing instead of wrapping the end with tape.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Seems like it might be superior.
I like that idea. I'll give it a try.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Ron, while moving, found two full boxes of old tapes. About 40 years worth.
I want to get a few to rebuild. . . Maybe a 75' & a couple 50's.
Wonder if you weren't to run a CL ad Nate -- for old tapes from retired cutters -- if it wouldn't yield some treasure?
I want to get a few to rebuild. . . Maybe a 75' & a couple 50's.
Wonder if you weren't to run a CL ad Nate -- for old tapes from retired cutters -- if it wouldn't yield some treasure?
That's an interesting idea. I guess if I was gonna do that, I'd mostly be interested in the ones made when they were still in Pullman.
Just pulled a brand new center gear out of the bag and found 2 teeth missing. They were not loose at the bottom of the bag, so they must have shipped that way! Seriously, the QC is abysmal. The sooner I can get these Delrin gears made, the better.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
That's pretty crappy.
Wanna sell a couple 75', in the hopes that I can get some good gears in the near future? I don't know what happened to mine, I had 2 100'ers, one with a good filler in 10the and hundredths that I had calibrated, and on with a 75' filler with a D tape on the reverse side. I suspect evil befell them.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I'll certainly ask. :0)
bitzer
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Finally got something I could take pictures off of. This one is gettin kind of dull, but you get the idea.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
That's a nifty idea!
