Metalized youtube.com/shorts/wnUjFzN3by8
Gears: depends on pitch. Cf nylon on a good printer can go relatively fine. youtu.be/S12MAkV29sQ
Belts: There’s TPU at a variety of shore hardness to match the original.
Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 days agoI’m curious about these old things around the house you keep functioning.
I’ll give an example of an old thing I want to keep running: a 1980s cassette deck.
Between the metalized plastic buttons, the belts, the wheels, the gears, the pressure rollers, there is nothing that can be 3D printed that even remotely approaches the finished look or function of the parts I’d need.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 days ago
HowdWeGetHereAnyways@lemmy.world 6 days ago
That definitely sounds like an intensive project
I have some simple buttons and knobs, drawer handles, drawer slides, dryer pest guards that no longer seem to be made, cabinet shelf supports for weird old peg sizes/shapes, plugs for holes to block sharp edges, etc
Your example is going to be really tough in part because the tape itself is fragile. I would absolutely not print things that will touch the magnetic tape itself if you care about the tape.
But the buttons, and possibly even the gears can likely be functionally printed as long as the features arent too small. That’s the biggest issue your example has most likely: minimum feature size