how to fix daughter's toy?

[woodturner]

Guilty! I'm easily amused.

Good for you .

Your reply prompted another thought - engineers like to have fun, too. If you can find the manufacturer of the toy and talk with one of their engineers, they would probably just send you a couple of belts.

I used to work with some folks who were engineers with Kenner in the early '80s and they were great fun. I especially remember their enthusiastic discussions of toys they prototyped for their annual "toys that would never get made" contest - things like "my first saw shooter", a gun-like device that fired a spinning circular saw blade . Sadly, most of those guys have passed on, and I miss them.

[leehljp]

Fixt. I didn't want to use the rubberband, but it works and will keep the kiddos happy for a few days while I hunt down an appropriately sized O-ring.

Thanks.

I had a US (Brother) FAX/Answering machine that I used in Japan for about 10 years. The Answering machine used those small tapes to record messages. the drive O-ring broke in the fashion that yours did. I used a rubber band and it worked, but I found that I had to replace the rubber band about once a year. Rubber bands are not the best solution but they do work temporarily.