On 27 October 2015 at 18:44, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > I ran into that same problem Andy, and at one point considered to the > point of tearing a cheap tape measure down to get its rewind spring, but > could not figure out a way to rivet a piece of it so it would > automaticly and evenly expand and contract.
It seems that some places are much more reasonably priced than others. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/telescopic-spiral-spring-cover/32305550135.html?spm=2114.01020208.3.210.U3jqAs&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_2_71_72_73_74_75,searchweb201527_2,searchweb201560_9 Looks a bit vague on sizes but presumably that $20 is for the smallest size listed. I imagine that they are made with a simple set of three rollers and an angled entry guide. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
