On Tuesday (08/28/2018 at 08:22PM +0200), Mattis Lind wrote: > Den tis 28 aug. 2018 kl 19:50 skrev Chris Elmquist <chr...@pobox.com>: > > > On Tuesday (08/28/2018 at 11:25AM +0200), Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > > Den sön 26 aug. 2018 kl 09:26 skrev Paul Birkel via cctalk < > > > cctalk@classiccmp.org>: > > > > > > > Which length band did you find worked best as a replacement? > > > > > > > > > > I used the white three inch plastiband. Rik Bos told me that the best way > > > is to heat the old band slightly. I used a SMD desoldering air gun which > > I > > > set to 100 degrees centigrade and then blowed heat air onto the tape from > > > some distance until it changed from a white matte surface into a darker > > > brown surface. > > > > Hmm. 3" plastiband seem to be rare or my Google-foo is pretty bad. > > > > Do you have a source for these? > > > > I have found only 2-1/8", 4-1/4" and 6" so far. > > > > The SF-7000 contain a number of different sizes. 1 1/2 inch, 2 1/8 inch, 3 > 5/8, 4 1/4 inch and 6 inch > > http://www.officedirectsupply.com/sf7000_baumgartens_plastiband_77071_prd1.htm > > On the other hand I haven't found a source for the 6 inch variant (that > actually could deliver them) other than in the mixed package.
Got it. Thanks. So, 3-5/8" is actual. I was being too picky about your 3" statement :-) It seems to be well known that the number of each size you get in the SF-7000 package is, umm, random... so a guy needs to get several packages and hope for plenty of white ones. Thanks again, Chris -- Chris Elmquist
