No-Hardware Cassette Shell for Tape Looping
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Fully 3D printable aside from a little piece of felt. Easily unscrew the shell to replace tape loops.
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I used to sell these, and since I don't any longer, ima share.
But, Why
Making tape loops is annoying. This is one of my solutions for trying to make it less so. You can open the shell without a screwdriver, there are posts / wheels for easily modifying the loop length, and best of all, you can 3D print everything except for a tiny piece of felt.
Assembly
Assemble the shells. Super glue the Top/Bottom Xtra pieces to their respective top and bottom pieces.
Print the wheel halves and glue them together. Use the WheelMakerHelper for alignment if needed
You can also just use ones from old tapes
Print the pressurething.stl and glue a tiny piece of felt to it. You may have to experiment with felt thickness. Pretty sure I just used whatever think felt was at the craft store.
NOTE: I recommend just using one from an old tape, though this version does work.
Print the CenterScrew, an assortment of wheels for use within the case
Put it all together... should be kinda self-explanatory, I hope
Notes
I mentioned this above, but if possible, just use an actual pressure-pad-thing from an old cassette. I spent forever tuning the thickness and other parameters of what I have here, and it never performed quite as well as the real thing, though it's totally usable.
Other Ideas
Use the shell as a reference to make your own tape thing. Spent a bit of time tuning thicknesses, etc. so it's a good starting point, I would think.