the used to make a cleaning kit that had a bent arm and pads, but in many cases the bent qtip does the job.
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't see why exactly washing the heads is a problem. Open the door and > press the play button. The heads will extend and the spindal motors will > turn. When the machine realizes there is no cassette the spindals and a > little > wheel at the front may stop but the heads and wheel extend outwards. If > still > running you have to watch out or anything like string or whatever could wrap > around the wheel, just stay away from it and stick to the heads. Do not be > afraid to stick your fingers in there, it's always been safe to me in the > past, > unless your afraid of the power of the magnetic heads. :) There are no > sharp edges to cut yourself on and the wheel turning cannot grab your finger, > it > is rubber and and a spinning metal rod next to it is also harmless. > > If you only want to demagnitize the machine, Radio Shack sells a > demagnitizing cassette. Just pop it in and run, clears the problem. > > Py > >> >> I think I ask this some time ago but never got a satisfactory answer so, >> here we go again. >> We all have a player from our cooperating library service, or have seen such >> a player. My question concerns the cleaning of the heads and that dam door. >> If one could get it to go up another couple of inches you could get to the >> heads and properly give them an alcohol bath. Maybe in the next five or ten >> years we won't be using that player but for now it is a problem. >> >> All suggestions will be appreciated, Phil Parr. >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
