[GreenKeys] source for new 1" paper tape?

[Don Robert House]

Interesting that you mention making your own tape.  If you are  
patient, you can do just that.

Given a roll of paper one can design and built a slitter.  One of my  
friends did this for slitting paper tape into 3/8 inch for strip  
printers.
He started with a 8 mm home movie editor and modified it to do the  
slitting.  One company that used to manufacture paper rolls and tape
was Maxwell Paper Co. in Texas.

Don


On 11 Jan 2009, at 3:11 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote:

Of course, I could always get the ANSI standard:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANSI-Standard-Unpunched-Oiled-Paper-Perforator-Tape_W0QQitemZ370135561699QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item370135561699&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1419 
|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

in case I have to make my own tape :-)

Chris

On Sunday (01/11/2009 at 11:58AM -0600), Chris Elmquist wrote:
> I have been able to find only one source for new 1" oiled paper tape.
> This outfit caters to the CNC / machining industry:
>
> http://www.wncsupply.com/paper-tape-rolls.html
>
> and has 1/4 case (7 rolls) for $80 ea.  That's before shipping.   
> Yikes.
>
> Are there any other known sources?
>
> On the other hand, 7 rolls might last the rest of my life.  Paper  
> tape is
> not my primary storage medium any longer even though it is only  
> slightly
> slower than my Comcast Internet.  ;-)
>
> Chris

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Chris Elmquist
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