Re: [ARSCLIST] Cassette surgery -- paging Dr. Hess

[Graham Newton <gn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Fine wrote:

> I have here a pair of cassettes in the molded-together housings (not the 
> screw-together housings) which need to be transplanted because they do 
> not play even with a Tascam tractor-drive transport.

The easiest way:

1.  wind the tape all the way to the stop at one end
2.  use a reverse plier to break open the sealed housing
3.  lift the entire tape pack and the end hub
4.  place it in the new housing making sure the tape follows the threading
    path in the new housing
5.  screw the covers on the new housing
6.  using a large pencil (or whatever will work) to rotate the hubs, make
    sure the tape is moving freely and not binding
    (if you aren't sure, get a new cassette to compare with)
7.  done, and it should work... I've done this many times.

Since all cassettes should have been made to the standard, the hubs, at least, 
should interchange.



... Graham Newton

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