Re: tape baking

2020-05-01 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 5/1/20 4:19 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 5/1/20 1:59 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: Agreed. They sure are pressed in, then riveted in for good measure. You’d have to drill them out first. Not an easy modification. Marc PTFE 2mm ID 3mm OD tubing is a standard size. That

Re: tape baking

2020-05-01 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/1/20 1:59 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: > Agreed. They sure are pressed in, then riveted in for good measure. You’d > have to drill them out first. Not an easy modification. > Marc PTFE 2mm ID 3mm OD tubing is a standard size. That might fit. --Chuck

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Hugh said > I've cut Mylar tape with a Glowforge laser. It cuts very nicely but the > alignment is a major hassle, plus you can only cut ~15" of tape which > doesn't go very far. Not worth the effort. If you were to build a custom > linear drive it might work. But also very slow. That's very

Re: tape baking

2020-05-01 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Agreed. They sure are pressed in, then riveted in for good measure. You’d have to drill them out first. Not an easy modification. Marc > On Apr 30, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > On 4/29/20 10:01 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: >> Or replacing the posts with ones

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 1, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 6:20 PM Hugh Pyle wrote: >> >> Tony, maybe your collection can help me answer a puzzle: which side is >> "top"? By my reading, for 8-level tape, >> - ANSI and other US standards have three data bits

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 6:20 PM Hugh Pyle wrote: > > Tony, maybe your collection can help me answer a puzzle: which side is > "top"? By my reading, for 8-level tape, > - ANSI and other US standards have three data bits / index / then five data > bits > - ECMA has five/index/three... :) >

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Hugh Pyle via cctalk
Tony, maybe your collection can help me answer a puzzle: which side is "top"? By my reading, for 8-level tape, - ANSI and other US standards have three data bits / index / then five data bits - ECMA has five/index/three... :) https://twitter.com/33asr/status/1138758004747177984 On Fri, May 1,

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 1, 2020, at 11:31 AM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > Were there any paper tape devices that did not use the sprocket holes > to move the tape? A lot of high speed optical readers use capstans and pinch rollers. But they still need the sprocket holes to be the source of the

Lear Sieglar Terminal

2020-05-01 Thread Electronics Plus via cctalk
I have in my shop a small blue old Lear Sieglar terminal. I does power on, but it gets a screen full of garbage. It is missing numerous keycaps. There are several cracks in the case around the keyboard. Asking $200; local pickup only. Pictures on request. Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus 1613

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 4:48 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > Wow, what a response! Really appreciate the docs and first-hand experience, > this is super helpful. I feel very greedy now. Looking arounds I have (not all working, but all could be got to work, it's things like drive belts I

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Wow, what a response! Really appreciate the docs and first-hand experience, this is super helpful. I'm also floored by the complexity of that Roytron punch! Looks like it contains around one hundred separate parts. I'm convinced the punch parts will have to be precision metal so while that's not

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
> > > Be warned that making any paper tape punch is going to be non-trivial. > > Grinding and hardening the punch pins and making the die block for > > them to run in is quite a difficult machining task. And that's needed > > what ever drives them. > > True. At least the pins may be something you

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 4:32 PM John Foust via cctalk wrote: > Were there any paper tape devices that did not use the sprocket holes > to move the tape? Yes, both punches and readers. The Facit 4070 (and the N4000) punch uses a capstan and pinch roller to move the tape. It's driven by a stepper

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread John Foust via cctalk
At 07:18 AM 5/1/2020, Hugh Pyle via cctalk wrote: >I've cut Mylar tape with a Glowforge laser. It cuts very nicely but the >alignment is a major hassle, plus you can only cut ~15" of tape which >doesn't go very far. Not worth the effort. If you were to build a custom >linear drive it might

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 1, 2020, at 3:17 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 5:02 AM Anders Nelson via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've had a paper tape reader for a while but never had a punch to make new >> tapes, and the ones i've found are not only very large but

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Hugh Pyle via cctalk
I've cut Mylar tape with a Glowforge laser. It cuts very nicely but the alignment is a major hassle, plus you can only cut ~15" of tape which doesn't go very far. Not worth the effort. If you were to build a custom linear drive it might work. But also very slow. Here's a picture of a

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
An option is to use a computer controlled cutter like Cricut or Silhouette to punch a tape. Github has software, look at PTAP2DXF. It has a example pix of a tape made with a "2016 model Silhouette CAMEO vinyl/stencil cutter and a used large yellow business envelope". Interestingly, the tape is

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Back in  the  HP 2000 days  we  used  to  blow  holes  in  miles  of  Mylar  tape with BURPE teletype  brand  punchers  and  also  a large  TALLY  punch...   even  if  you  find  one of  either missing  the  electronics  the  punch mech and pins  are HARD  and  will  cut though  anything! if 

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 5:02 AM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've had a paper tape reader for a while but never had a punch to make new > tapes, and the ones i've found are not only very large but also very > expensive. So I'm toying with the idea of making an open-source punch,

Re: In search of Three Rivers PERQ 1 Keyboard

2020-05-01 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 2:18 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/30/20 2:55 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > > It is, I refoamed mine for VCFPNW last year. I can take internal pictures > > if it'd help anyone out. > > > > - Josh > > > > can you dump the firmware? or was that already done for the

Re: DIY Paper Tape Punch - Mechanism diagram?

2020-05-01 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Anders said > I've had a paper tape reader for a while but never had a punch to make new > tapes, and the ones i've found are not only very large but also very > expensive. So I'm toying with the idea of making an open-source punch, but > I can't find any detailed diagrams of how the mechanism