User:Jstapko/EngLab/Tape Dispenser

Tape Dispenser

Introduction
The goal of this project is to build a tape dispenser for a wide variety of tape, including duck, masking, painter's, electrical, plumber's, etc.

Links

 * Tape Dispenser on amazon Large, wooden dispenser for several rolls, uses plastic cutting blade.  Plastic blade could be laser cut, but comments on amazon suggest this may break, and not cut.
 * KaptonTape dispensers Industrial grade commercial tape dispensers.  This suggests we may be able to build dispensers out of sheet metal.
 * tape dispenser at instructables.com Entire device made out of small pieces of scrap wood.  Very promising.
 * double roll design at annmarieloves.com Intended for something called "Washi tape."
 * acrylic tape dispenser Mostly acrylic tape dispenser. This suggests building aone in this style with the laser gutter and heat guns.
 * recessed block tape dispenser Tape lies flush inside a solid block of wood.  If we had a box filled with many of these, there would not be a neeed to remove the entire roller to change 1 roll.  The major drawback would be that the design requires lots of careful carving.
 * extra long tape dispenser Standard box design, but is estra long. Uses expandable shower curtain rod to hold rolls.
 * dispenser on pinterest Uses hacksaw blade mounted horizontally to cut tape.  This is an idea to borrow for the lab's dispenser.
 * Matthew Pascione's oblique dowel dispenser For a single roll of scotch tape, so not suitable here.  Very artistic design though.
 * modular dispenser at popularwoodworking.com very nice design, incorporates both horizontally mounted hacksaw blade and single roll changing capability.  Very promising.

Problems

 * still need to draw or model design based on materials we have

Next Steps

 * google "DIY tape dispenser"
 * photograph available wood supplies
 * build a dispenser in the style of the "instructables" dispenser, above
 * make 3D model or drawings of a dispenser
 * check YouTube and Google Videos for video results