Advice for tape drive repair / maintenance

[Chuck Guzis]

On 19 Dec 2006 at 14:03, JTP wrote:

> (2) Cast a new roller using urethane or silicon.  Mount the shaft, or tube
> that represents the inner diameter, in a drill press.  Using an n-way
> machining vise, center the outer tube with the inner shaft.  Pour in goo,
> lower inner shaft into goo using the press handle and fine tune the
> positioning with the vise if needed.  I

Silicone is pretty mushy stuff.  I wonder if a polyurethane elastomer 
such as Lexel might work a bit better?  I use it for caulking around 
water and it's very sticky and sets to a fairly firm texture.

Cheers,
Chuck