Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi:

I don't know who exactly makes paper leader anymore. I'm set with a lifetime supply.

Your point about blank tape before and after program content is a good one. You can use junk tape is 
you're sure it's not likely to go sticky. The "studio" way I was taught is  Reel Head >> a good lot 
of leader (maybe 15 seconds worth) >> setup tones >> 30 second silent tape so tones stand no chance 
of printing thru >> 10 seconds leader >> cut 1, etc >> (after last cut) 5-10 seconds of leader >> a 
few minutes of blank tape or junk tape >> a few revolutions of leader to protect the edge of the 
tape pack.

This was back when engineers were all good blade-men, so all those splices were child's play.

I get a lot of tapes for transfer that were made by someone who never learned the value of leader 
tape. It's too bad because you can lose the beginning of a program and get off on a bad foot.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carlstephen koto" <cskoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape


> Tom, where do you find paper leader (I'm looking for 1/4") !? I  thought I'd checked everywhere 
> but maybe not?
> What I do is attach a turn of leader and about 10 turns of blank  tape. I've never found any 
> adhesive that doesn't become goo or is so  sticky, it removes or deforms part of the tape when 
> removing it. So  the blank tape is held down by TME hold down tape. When it gets nasty  I just 
> snip off that bit of tape. With that much blank tape after the  white leader, I'd have to be 
> asleep not to stop the tape before it ends.
> On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>
> > Take a piece of Scotch tape -- the kind you tape a library tag on a  book. Fold a third of it 
> > over so it's a tab. Hold the tape end down  with the 2/3 sticky stuff. Use paper leader tape, a 
> > few feet. In  the life of that reel, you will not gum up or tear off enough paper  leader tape to 
> > matter.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess"  <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape
> >
> >
> > > At 02:32 PM 2008-01-17, Richard Warren wrote:
> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > > The Grinch in me sees this discussion and harks back to research  for the AAA Committee that 
> > > > resulted in our recommending against  the use of any sort of hold-down or splicing tape (except 
> > > > for  temporary use of splicing tape to make or extend leaders that are  too short for a tape 
> > > > player) because of the danger of bleeding  adhesives (and I've never found any type of splicing 
> > > > or hold-down  tape that did not bleed goo onto tape surfaces or that was  peelable without some 
> > > > sort of deposit or damage). I wish my  experience were more helpful, but facts are facts.
> > >
> > > From another Grinchly Richard:
> > >   --Shipping tapes without hold down is very risky as the outer  wraps may come unwound
> > >   --I have received far too many tapes with damage to the outer 20 + turns due to them becoming 
> > > unwound. It also appears that loosely  wound wraps of tape are more likely to dry out and cup.
> > >
> > > I fear it's a matter of picking your poison. Whatever you do,  please do not use the 3M white 
> > > plastic hold-down clips--at least  in the mode where they go over the tape pack and often cause 
> > > edge  damage.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Richard (aka Richard d'Grinch II)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
> > > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ contact.htm
> > > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.