[sebhc] hard sector substitute

[Carroll Waddell]

Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

>Hi
> These generally will not work because the punches
>are ground from the outside intead of the inside.
>They are intended to be used to punch against a hard surface
>and will normally distort the hole around the outside of the
>punched hole ( not a good thing ). It needs to be a clean
>punch without distorting the disk.
>Dwight
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>>From: "Deb and Glenn Roberts" <gfroberts at adelphia.net>
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>>For the hole punch you might want to check out a craft or scrapbooking
>>store. My wife does scrapbooking and I noticed they have a range of manual
>>hole punch tools - I'm guessing one of them is around .1 ".  these are sold
>>for punching holes into paper and other materials for securing with small
>>rivets but they'd work fine for your purpose. The way they work is there's a
>>small rubber pad you put beneath the material then you hit the top of the
>>punch with a hammer.
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>>Here's an example of one I found on the internet (this one's 1/8"):
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>>http://www.scrapbook101.com/productline/embellish/101setter.htm
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>>or here's another one with different sizes:
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>>http://www.yesterdayremembered.com/en-gb/dept_18.html
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>>- glenn
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: sebhc at sebhc.org [mailto:sebhc at sebhc.org] On Behalf Of Carroll
>>>Waddell
>>>Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:42 PM
>>>To: sebhc at sebhc.org
>>>Subject: Re: [sebhc] hard sector substitute
>>>
>>>Eric J. Rothfus wrote:
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>>>>I am quite enjoying this exchange, so I thought I'd add a
>>>>crazy idea.  It would be fairly easy to create the "drill
>>>>bit" from a hot piece of wire.  You'd have to do quite a
>>>>few experiments on a sacrificial floppy to see what voltage/
>>>>current on the wire made the best hole with the least
>>>>amount of rolled-up plastic lip.  The best wire shape would
>>>>be an interesting experiment too.
>>>>
>>>>Eric
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>>>I went to Lowes today and picked up a piece of laminated shelf material.
>>>I am going to try to use this as a base. I want to get a diskette drive
>>>hub and clamp. I'm going to try to put that in the laminate base. The
>>>tricky part will be to drill the holes for the center of the drive hub
>>>and the hole. I am going to try to either buy or make a die that will be
>>>pressed into the base. Then a slidable piece on top will contain the
>>>photosensor and the hole punch. That's about as far as I've gotten yet.
>>>Carroll
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I sent an email to a web site I found for a company that makes micro 
(tiny) punch and dies. We'll see what they say.
Carroll