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TIP: Reinserting non-zero force insertion ribbon back into sockets
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N_Cook
Dec 8, 2016, 6:30:37 AM12/8/16
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Not owning the proper long nose , parallel soft jaw , pliers for this job.
I've always reinforced the plastic strip with some fabric mesh
upholstery tape, wrapped around plastic strip and extending over the
ribbon a bit, as so easy to fracture a foil at any bend there. This time
very restriced space to reinsert inch wide CD ribbon.
So cut/melted away some of the intruding underframe so more like 1/2
inch of gap rather than 1/4 inch gap. Then ordinary carpenters size long
nose pliers, added a Hammas bead to each tip as soft jaw for clamping
across the ribbon strip, especially at the distant end , to reinsert,
bit at a time each side, to keep the ribbon straight on.
Hammas makes plastic ring/beads for kids to make mosaic pictures from,
by pushing over peg matrix board.
I've always reinforced the plastic strip with some fabric mesh
upholstery tape, wrapped around plastic strip and extending over the
ribbon a bit, as so easy to fracture a foil at any bend there. This time
very restriced space to reinsert inch wide CD ribbon.
So cut/melted away some of the intruding underframe so more like 1/2
inch of gap rather than 1/4 inch gap. Then ordinary carpenters size long
nose pliers, added a Hammas bead to each tip as soft jaw for clamping
across the ribbon strip, especially at the distant end , to reinsert,
bit at a time each side, to keep the ribbon straight on.
Hammas makes plastic ring/beads for kids to make mosaic pictures from,
by pushing over peg matrix board.
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