Re: [ARSCLIST] easy way to reverse tape?

[Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah. You just have to maintain an even back pressure on the feed-out 
reel so the tape wont go slack and "snag." I've had tape flip over a 
second time only to discover at the end of the spool, that the 
back-coating is still inside, etc., then have to go find the new "flip." 
Not good, as the tape will crease and could cause a drop-out.
Just watch things like a hawk if you use the half-twist method on a 
regular machine.
Malcolm R

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John Bondurant wrote:
> Another nice thing to do is have a dedicated machine for this. I have an old TEAC with the head block removed so the tape won't snag.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: easy way to reverse tape?
>
> Yup, just give it a half twist as you thread it in the machine. Those were the
> instructions in the old Scotch tape boxes when some machines took B-wind and
> you bought A-wind tape.
>
> dl
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> Eric Jacobs wrote:
>   
> > Never mind.  It's an easy geometry problem...
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Jacobs [mailto:EricJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:04 PM
> > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: easy way to reverse tape?
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a tape which has the back-coat facing toward the hub, and I
> > need to wind it onto a reel with the back-coat facing away from the
> > hub.
> >
> > Does anyone have a quick way to do this?
> >
> > Eric Jacobs
> >
> > The Audio Archive, Inc.
> > tel: 408.221.2128
> > fax: 408.549.9867
> > mailto:EricJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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