> On 06/25/2025 11:32 AM AEST The Doctor via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 07:59, Mike Stein via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paper tape isn't that difficult to make by slicing a wider paper roll such > > as for PoS printers into appropriate widths; some folks have had some > > success just carefully chucking the roll into an electric drill clamped in > > a vise and holding a box cutter with a sharp knife against it while it > > rotated. > > Just thinking out loud - how well would running one of those paper rolls > through a > band saw to make smaller, skinny enough rolls work?
If you believe you can bandsaw the roll to a tape width of the nominal 1.000" and that any deviation in that width is less than the code holes 0.002" transverse allowance as defined in the ANSI X3.18-1967 Standard then you have either a really nice bandsaw and a well-made cutting jig or very very steady hand. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-ca9eb746e25a5f1218b695f4e8e6e367/pdf/GOVPUB-C13-ca9eb746e25a5f1218b695f4e8e6e367.pdf
