TASCAM MAN
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I need a pinch roller for my 38 and they are wanting $80 for one on e-bay HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!! Anyone knows where I could get one for at least a 3rd the price of that?
Nos is "new old stock"....the term for avintage new unused part madeby or for the original equipment manufacturer. There is a guy called terrys rubber rollers who remanufactures any pinch roller you want, but again they are like eighty bucks. I will tryu tacam directly on monday
I have bought from terry and always satisfied.
Alan.
The TSR8 I just got needs a belt too...got that coming hopefully today. Once I ve got that sorted out and the machine lubed and cleaned I 'm going to be hot for a pinch roller.
Sadly, if youve got a machine thats nice and all you need is that damn roller, youll pay the 80 or whatever
haha but the pinch roller is not the only problem on mine but man I still cant see paying $80 for a dang pinch roller !!!
So the guy hand makes replacement parts that are no longer available from the supplier, and you think $80 is too much? I was just glad that someone out there in the world could be bothered to make the part in the first place.
In my day job I look after spare parts for an old remote power station (not on a grid and very remote) and nobody will even talk to you for less than $150 hr when trying to get old parts fixed or made up.
Alan.
No Alan that is not what I said. I said I saw a 38 used are whatever on e-bay that someone wanted 80 bucks for and YES that is a RIPOFF !!! But I found Terrys Rollers that does re-tire them and he wrote me with a quote to re-tire my 38 one for 35 bucks and that is exactly what it is worth to me , no more no less
Oh! Sorry TAscam Man.
It occurred to me that the $80 rollers on epay and other places included the metal core and bushings etc. With Terry you are only paying for a re-tread, not a whole new piece.
Got the new belt put on last night, so now waiting on the roller
Terry says 35 plus shipping for the TSR8 puck. It's in the mail to him as I write.
It occurred to me that the $80 rollers on epay and other places included the metal core and bushings etc. With Terry you are only paying for a re-tread, not a whole new piece.
Got the new belt put on last noght, so now waiting on the roller
My 38 had a gooey pinch roller. i work at a company that makes tooling and does tons of molding in different materials. I had the machine shop build the tooling for the 38 pinch roller. I used a proprietary compound that we developed here and the roller is happy now. Heck you can even clean it with alcohol, whiskey, diesel fuel or what ever.
What Im getting at is I think Terry's price for re-treading a pinch roller is quite reasonable what with the costs involved in getting set up.
*edit: and NOS (new old stock) isnt worth much as the rubber used in those originally has a shelf life of five years or so. If you found one made in 1990 its 23 years old already.