[GreenKeys] source for new 1" paper tape?

[Don Robert House]

One of the "tricks" I used to do was to put the tape in a plastic bag  
with a tablespoon of light oil about 10 weight or thinner.
Shake it around and put it on a shelf and let it sit for a couple of  
months.  The paper will eventually absorb enough of the oil
to keep the punch lubed.  You can also supplement by spraying  
carefully with a red straw tube across the punch pins and block
with One Lube.

Best,
Don


On 11 Jan 2009, at 9:52 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote:

yes... really.  I don't think we are desperate yet for tape so nobody
should go crazy and lose body parts for the cause.

I had considered the bandsaw approach once or twice already though.
But wasn't sure if I could get a clean enough edge from the cut.   
Maybe a
high-end machine shop could laser cut it? I dunno.

Seems like there are a lot of sources of rolls for cash registers or
maybe even the tty print rolls could be sliced into 1" wide sub-rolls.
Maybe I do need that ANSI spec so that I know what the weight of the
paper should be :-)

But if we did that, we probably need a new scheme for oiling the punch.
Would it be sufficient to just manually apply oil to it (rather than
the tape) every so often if the tape itself is not carrying the oil?

Chris

On Sunday (01/11/2009 at 09:35PM -0600), Don Robert House wrote:
> KEN,
>
> YOUR ADVICE SPEAKS WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF LOGIC.
>
> THANK YOU!!
>
> DON
>
>
>
> On 11 Jan 2009, at 8:15 PM, Ken Schwieker wrote:
>
> Somehow that method seem fraught with finger loss written all over
> it. Wouldn't want you not to be able to count to ten anymore Don. At
> the place I worked (Ampex/Quantegy Magnetic Tape Division) we had a
> sample slitter that used single edge razor blades. Side by side with
> a spacer between them equal to the desired width mounted at a 45
> degrees angle so they sliced better. It wasn't paper tape and it
> wasn't the length of a paper roll but with new blades each time it
> did a pretty good job. Other possibility is that I believe I have
> some slitter blades that I could send someone a set if they had the
> expertise to make something to pull the tape and turn the blades. The
> blades are round about 3 to 4" dia with a hole in the center and it
> takes two mounted side by side against each other for each cut.  How
> wide are the rolls that you have?  If I didn't have so much on my
> plate I would take a stab at it.
> Later,
> Ken S
>
>
>
>> I have a band saw and lots of rolls but I am not sure if the opening
>> is large enough.  I promise to give it a try.
>>
>> Thanks !
>> Don
>
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