+orpheuswaking Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Sadly the 1027 print wheel is not something you can replace any longer. The rubber dry rots and falls apart. Brad at Best Electronics even had to ditch his remaining stock as they were worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Sadly the 1027 print wheel is not something you can replace any longer. The rubber dry rots and falls apart. Brad at Best Electronics even had to ditch his remaining stock as they were worthless.l I'm going to make some new parts for my 820 that I can't find anywhere. If you send me a pic of your Wheel and some dimensions I'll see what I can come up with. I could make it out of aluminum and knurl the top to act like rubber for grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I have long since stripped my 1027s for parts, all three print wheels crumbled to dust. Not sure if anyone out here has a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I have long since stripped my 1027s for parts, all three print wheels crumbled to dust. Not sure if anyone out here has a good one. If you come across one, or if someone on AtariAge has a good one. I would love to make a replica, unless most of the other internals are also failing due to material type/age. It makes me feel a bit sad when hardware stops working and cannot be fixed by any means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 There have been several threads in the a8 forum about this, do a search there. The last one I had looked fine, But as soon as I tried to remove the head it disintegrated. As far as I know the rest of the internals work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTie Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 3/10/2015 at 10:43 AM, adamchevy said: I am looking for an 820 printer with manual that works. If you are still looking, I just came across one virtually brand new in the factory box! Email me at mikedrecruiter@gmail.com if you are interested. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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