Another feeder improvement mod

[Mike]

So once again getting frustrated about how often the cover tape wasn't quite pulling hard enough, I had a close look at what was happenning - I'd always assumed the main issue was the belt slipping on the tape.
However I noticed that in some cases it was actually the belt slipping on the take-up reel pulley.
I've roughed up the pulley inner surface, using a needle file mounted in my pillar drill, and this seems to have made a noticeable improvement.
(I use the orange belts from polymax, which seem to be better than the black ones)

[phonoplug]

Interesting, I might try this. I was aware that a lot of the slipping was occurring at that end.

I use the orange silicon ones mostly as I find they are a bit more grippy than the shiny black ones, though I have found they do tend to stretch over time whereas the black nitrile ones dont stretch so much but crack and snap instead.

[Mike]

I also wonder if a couple of tight-fitting 1mm o-rings round the pulleys might help.

[Mike]

Just finished a large-ish job with twenty 8mm lanes and no slips at all - roughing up the pulleys has shown a definite improvement over previous performance.

[trev]

Gents, this is excellent work. Well done!