On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 12:31:42PM -0600, Paul Anderson wrote: > > Any one have ideas for a TU10 or other tape drive capstans? > I went with http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/. Since the TU10 just wraps the tape around the capstan it needs to be pretty high friction. The material used was a little marginal so after it aged some I had had to put some rubber renew on to increase the friction.
I did use various tubing for card reader repair and found the standard stuff wall thickness isn't uniform around the circumference. The TU10 covering is also very thin. I would think you would have to grind it down to get it uniform and proper thickness. My TU10 repair. http://www.pdp8online.com/tu10/tu10-repair.shtml