Wanted--rubber pinch roller for OTARI MX5050 B3 8 track

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Im in need of a nice or new rubber pinch roller for this deck. (Otari
MX-5050 BIII 8 track 1/2 inch)

Any leads would be lovely.
best-
matt

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On 8 Jul 2005 20:15:34 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

> <mattziv@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Im in need of a nice or new rubber pinch roller for this deck. (Otari
>>MX-5050 BIII 8 track 1/2 inch)
>>
>>Any leads would be lovely.
>
>Otari didn't have any?
>
>JRF or Athan can probably get one if you don't want to rebuild an old one.
>--scott

How do you rebuild one? Can the average cordless drill owner do it?
Thanks as always.

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In article <daoe5v$qna$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com says...
> spud <blah blah> wrote:
> >On 8 Jul 2005 20:15:34 -0400, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> >> <mattziv@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>Im in need of a nice or new rubber pinch roller for this deck. (Otari
> >>>MX-5050 BIII 8 track 1/2 inch)
> >>>
> >>>Any leads would be lovely.
> >>
> >>Otari didn't have any?
> >>JRF or Athan can probably get one if you don't want to rebuild an old one.
> >
> >How do you rebuild one? Can the average cordless drill owner do it?
>
> You send them to a company that does rubber rebuilding. Used to be every
> city had an outfit that rebuilt typewriter platens and the like, although
> now they are getting to be a specialty sort of thing.
>
> Athan will do pinch roller rebuilds. Parts Express will do it as well.
> There's also some small midwest company that is listed in the Ampex mailing
> list parts suppliers list that does an excellent job. You need to make
> sure the bearings are good before you have the rubber replaced, of course,
> otherwise you'd just be better off with a brand new one.
>
> The rebuilds are good as long as you make sure they use exactly the same
> rubber as the original. Used to be a lot of people would put urethanes
> on pinch rollers designed for natural rubber and wind up with higher flutter.
> --scott
>
Try this guy:

http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/

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In article <2guuc1t03nj687vfi0absdd1aghcb3j05p@4ax.com> blah writes:

> How do you rebuild one? Can the average cordless drill owner do it?

No, but the average metal lathe owner with a CO2 fire extinguisher
can. There used to be a couple of places that rebuild rollers (most of
their business was with printing press rollers, but the technology is
the same) but I don't know if any of them are still doing it.



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<mattziv@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Im in need of a nice or new rubber pinch roller for this deck. (Otari
> MX-5050 BIII 8 track 1/2 inch)

I bought a new urethane pinch roller for mine from athan a few years
ago. looks like they still have them for $85. http://www.athan.com/

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