Re: Replacement for broken 1541-II disk drive levers ?

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:48:59 +0100
Message-Id: <0CF3B1A7-6618-4F63-A312-A8C5AF51937B@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2012-11-24, at 13:43, Miika Seppanen wrote:

>>> There are lots of little fiddly parts like this on Commodore equipment.
>> Like the notorious sprocket wheels on the stepper axis of 1520.. I have several of the 1520s, all broken in the very same way :-(
> 
> My DPS-1101 which I have owned since new has a broken gear in its paper path - obviously the plastic gets more and more brittle during the years, so there will probably be more and more these issues with mechanic parts. I guess nowdays the reasonably priced 3D printers are not yet up to the task to make these kind of parts, but when I some day get to fix this machine the situation will probably be different.

I guess it is not only a question of reasonably priced printers. As the old saying goes - one doesn't have to purchase brewery whenever in need for a couple pints of beer to spend evening with ;-) The same here - one can use e. g. Shapeways to print a few small sprocket wheels (they charge by volume) and not only the price will hold within the limits of reasonability but also the output quality will be as good as it gets these days for a given material I believe. Still I don't see those tiny sprocket wheels being printed and work reliably. The lever for a 1541-II we started this thread with should be a much better candidate though. Of course aesthetics aside or paint work in sight ;-)

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