[TenTec] Gummy Feet

[Dave Edwards]

I've had this happen many times. When I worked for HP, after many years the 
pinch roller on a line of tape mechs went from rubber to goo. Something 
about the volcanizing process starts to 'undoo'
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Gummy Feet


> Hi all,
>
> I have had trouble two or three times with the stick on rubber feet on
> Ten-Tec gear. I have two 705 microphones, and on one of them (the one
> with a orange red dot) the stick on feet have got gooey and mad a mess
> on either the operating desk, or the top of a radio. The other 750 mic
> (with a black dot) has not had the same problem, although the stick on
> feet look identical to me. Also my Omni VI has had some extra stick on
> feet added part way back, perhaps so that the back could hang over a
> desk top that is not deep enough, and those feet have also become gooey
> and made a mess. As far as I know none of these have been exposed to any
> chemicals that would cause the rubber (or whatever it is) to liquefy. I
> presume the ones on the 705 were supplied by Ten-Tec and the extra ones
> added to the Omni VI might not have. I wonder if anyone ales had had
> similar experience with stick on rubber feet? What do you recommend as a
> replacement, that will not do the same thing?
>
> N6KB
>
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