26 Jun
2025
26 Jun
'25
5:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at 23:44, steven(a)malikoff.com steven--- via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Sure, by all means go for it. If you can make some
sort of robust circumferential clamp
to prevent axial sliding of the roll (think of a rolled up poster with one conical
(convex)
end and the other concave) due to imperfect rolling, and a resulting tape that
doesn't
exceed the nominal 1" width so it doesn't jam between the punch channel walls,
then you'd
be well on your way to possible success.
It's funny you mention that, I do have a couple of things that fit that particular
bill.
However, I was thinking about it some more, and there's another potential problem.
Earlier
in the thread the topic of tractor feeding came up. While investigating my collection of
drill
bits (because, I figured, I could mount a properly sized drill bit in a drill press and
drill
clear through the roll of paper tape multiple times to make holes for this), I realized
that
as you go deeper in the roll of paper toward the core, the spacing of the tractor feed
holes
would change. They might be just far enough apart at the outset and the right size, but
after about a quarter of the tape is gone from the roll the holes are going to be closer
together, in all likelihood not spaced correctly anymore (they'll be too close
together),
and the tractor feed pins will mangle the tape. So, it's a non-starter.
If a paper tape reader was the kind that used fan fold paper tape instead of rolls of it,
that might be a workable technique but I don't know where to get fanfold paper anymore
and
haven't seen such a tape reader face to face in I don't know how long. So
I'll pin that
one for later if it ever becomes relevant.
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