On 8/15/2015 12:32 PM, tony duell wrote: >> >> Not so on these drives. On the Shugart SA-800 series, the spindle >> (driven by a belt from a motor) has a MALE cone on the end, and the >> clamp, from above goes around it (female if you like). > > How does that work? The disk media must fit around that male cone. Is the > complete disk carried by the clamp arm or something? I need to find one > of these drives to examine.
Yes, the clamp arm has the media guides. > > Seems like an odd way to do it. The metal cone is not going to change in > diameter. So the hole in the media has to just fit it, if too tight the media > will be distorted, if too loose it won't centre. Yup. > > -tony >
