I took some pics of both the top half of the case (the half
that holds these studs) and some close-up's of the studs
themselves (get your mind out of the gutter!). Anyway, I sent
them to Chris to show him, but if you guys would like to see
them, I can send them to someone to put online (I don't have
any way to post them for you). LMK.
Jon
At 10:50 AM 7/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, I checked mine, and it has 2 installed. Could there have
>been multiple revisions? Or would someone have had to drill a
>hole and mount the second one? FWIW, it looks original to me
>(at least it does after you look past all of the glue lines
>from my piecing the thing back together :) I'm at work now, so
>I'll take the camera home with me and get some pics tonight.
>
>Jon
>
>At 03:10 PM 7/9/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>There is only one installed. Using both makes things a little
>>too tight and roller efficiency is compromised ;-) The angle of
>>the control panel keeps it bottomed on the stud.
>> The 'stud' is aluminum and projects about 3/16's of an inch.
>>It has a diameter of about 3/16 of an inch on the head whilst
>>the shaft of the 'stud' is about 1/8"
>>
>>Jon Raiford wrote:
>>>
>>> I was pretty sure there were 2 of these (one for each end)..
>>> Now I'll have to go down and check.. I would take a picture
>>> for you, but I left my camera at work. BTW, my roller was
>>> cracking all to hell when I got it and I had to break the
>>> corner pieces off the case and glue them back on. Is this
>>> typical? Or was some numb-nuts just trying to screw it on
>>> too tight? Also, I'll go for 3 sets of rollers if/when
>>> they are done. (TomW or Callan: any word on repro-ing the
>>> cpo's? I could use 3 of them as well) FWIW, I still plan
>>> on repro-ing the side art, but I haven't been able to get
>>> near a machine that has it for scanning.. Any ideas on the
>>> best way to scan it? I originally thought a digital camera
>>> would work with a lot of editing, but now I'm thinking a
>>> hand scanner might work better.. My flatbed scanner has
>>> raised edges so it would be impossible to get a focused
>>> image :(
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> At 03:09 PM 7/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>> >Description "178116-005 #6 x .31" drive stud".
>>> >IF the panel slopes and IF the stud goes in the side
>>> >nearest the player my guess would be that gravity holds
>>> >the roller against the stud and the stud just keeps
>>> >the roller from scraping against the housing.
>>> >
>>> >In the drawing the stud appears to be slotted, like a
>>> >board standoff. My guess is it IS a plastic standoff.
>>> >#6 would be the hole size it fits in to and .31" is probably
>>> >length, but length of WHAT I don't know.
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Mon Jul 12 09:16:54 1999
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