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>
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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"
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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/
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