Not sure if I posted this link, there are seemingly two styles of feet, the "magic wand" style appears to be slightly tapered vs the much more common "turkey baster" style.
http://munk.org/typecast/2013/02/17/tilting-for-visibility-travel-typewriters-and-trs-80-model-100s/ I'll get back on scad later and crank out some dimensional models, minus feet, and I'll do some looking to see if I can match the "turkey baster" feet. http://munk.org/typecast/2013/02/17/tilting-for-visibility-travel-typewriters-and-trs-80-model-100s/ The models are admittedly superfluous, but if you've got a printer already or know someone who has one, why not save the trouble of having an extra foot or two of PTFE bar-stock around. ;) Still kind of love the cut pencils though, someone needs to post a pic of that. On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > On Aug 1, 2017, at 09:52, Rob <aciph...@live.ca> wrote: > > One more thought, I wonder if the rubber end caps were 11/32 to fit, or > 5/16 to fit tight on the slick plastic. > > > That sounds quite plausible. > > > So the legs are cut from 11/32 rode. I'd said polyetheleyene, but as I > recall now it's very slick material. I'm thinking now it's more likely PTFE > rod. > > > It definitely does not feel like PTFE to me. It's harder, less slippery, > and differently colored than PTFE. It feels like delrin, or possibly > glass-filled nylon to me. Now that I think about it, they do feel pretty > dense to me. That's making me lean more towards thinking that they're a > glass-filled plastic. > > > The length was likely meant to be cut to 2-1/8, as your measurement is > 1/64th short of that. That much could easily be lost with a quick buffing > to smooth the ends. > > > That sounds quite plausible. They may have been hand-cut, perhaps against > an end stop that wasn't adjusted with extreme care... after all, they're > just feet that appear to have been made as an afterthought to be crammed > into existing screw hole counterbores. > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ > > -- - Lee - 909.437.0250 - Destroying technology problems.
