On 09/29/2017 01:35 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 09/29/2017 09:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 9/29/17 8:48 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
I did a few of these on a lathe years ago. It was a couple minutes job per
reel.
you are also going to have to cut holes near the hub so that you can get a tape
started
on the takeup reel.
Does the little Kennedy drive have a vacuum takeup reel? The 7970
certainly doesn't--no fans in that box at all. I've wondered about
applying a low-tack glue dot to the hub of the takeup reel to speed loading.
Yes, some drives had some kind of elastomer ring in the
takeup reel that would grab most tapes and wrap them quite
nicely with no finger hole.
Jon
