Re: Blue tape retainers
They breathe better if you do not have them sealed when you are baking them..ed _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) (resent due to error message) Original message From: Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com Date: 06/09/2015 9:46 PM (GMT-07:00) To: gene...@classiccmp.org, discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Blue tape retainers On 06/09/2015 08:21 PM, ben wrote: Also would not a fall like that damage the tape reel? When baking tapes with the Wright Line seals, I've learned to remove the seals. If you leave them on, the tapes at 58C, will often just fall right out the seal--the coefficient of expansion is much larger for the seals than for the tape reels. After the seal has had a chance to cool off, it fits fine. This is particularly a problem with the smaller size reels. --Chuck
Re: Blue tape retainers
I finally succeeded in putting a name to where I've seen that clingy vinyl material before--in a children's toy: Google: Colorforms --Chuck
Re: Blue tape retainers
On Jun 9, 2015, at 22:57 , Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com wrote: The 3M ones that I've seen are hard white plastic (not PVC or whatever Wright Line used) with a keyhole-sort of affair that allows the circle to expand. Interesting. I don't think I've encountered that style before, or if I did, that memory has snuck away in the night. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X n...@nf6x.net http://www.nf6x.net/
Re: Blue tape retainers
On Jun 9, 2015, at 15:33 , Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com wrote: Could this be the right stuff? http://www.amazon.com/Grafix-9-Inch-12-Inch-9-Pack-Assorted/dp/B00114OVFE/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt It seems to me that I've seen it in the form of letters to be stuck to windows. That looks really promising. It would probably be easy to slice into neat strips with one of those circular-blad paper cutters from the local office supply store. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X n...@nf6x.net http://www.nf6x.net/
Re: Blue tape retainers
I have had them come inthem for video tape too and they were seem to be white vinyl in this case Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/9/2015 5:04:47 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, bfranc...@jetnet.ab.ca writes: On 6/9/2015 5:38 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote: On 09/06/2015 22:32, Chuck Guzis wrote: One thing that I recall is that many tape manufacturers used a blue, sort of sticky silicon tape to hold ends in place. This stuff never seems to degrade. Since I used to buy them, I can say with some authority that (1) they're vinyl tape, as others have surmised, and yes it's the same stuff that adhesive-free window stickers are made from, and (2) they came in lots of colours - I have almost every one except purple, and, oddly enough, blue. So the item on Amazon might be a very good option. Have you checked the places that sell professional audio reel 2 reel tape?
Re: Blue tape retainers
On 06/09/2015 09:57 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote: Please forgive my ignorance, but which variety are the Wright Line seals? I think I've encountered three styles of magtape widgets: The common white plastic with a black buckle and squarish hook, which have been on the vast majority of tapes I've ever handled or seen; That one. 3M also had their own variety of seals. --Chuck
Re: Blue tape retainers
On Jun 9, 2015, at 22:20 , Chuck Guzis ccl...@sydex.com wrote: On 06/09/2015 09:57 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote: Please forgive my ignorance, but which variety are the Wright Line seals? I think I've encountered three styles of magtape widgets: The common white plastic with a black buckle and squarish hook, which have been on the vast majority of tapes I've ever handled or seen; That one. 3M also had their own variety of seals. Hmm, the NOS 3M 777 tapes that I got off eBay have that one seals. Did 3M later switch to Wright Line seals? Off to google pictures of random mag taps for edutainment purposes... Boy, do I know how to have fun! -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X n...@nf6x.net http://www.nf6x.net/
Re: Blue tape retainers
On 06/09/2015 10:40 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote: Hmm, the NOS 3M 777 tapes that I got off eBay have that one seals. Did 3M later switch to Wright Line seals? Off to google pictures of random mag taps for edutainment purposes... Boy, do I know how to have fun! The 3M ones that I've seen are hard white plastic (not PVC or whatever Wright Line used) with a keyhole-sort of affair that allows the circle to expand. --Chuck
Re: Blue tape retainers
On 6/9/2015 8:55 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: It's one of those tape collar-seals breaking spontaneously, at which point the hung reel falls to the floor and takes off across the room, generally unwinding the tape as it goes. If it is generally UNwinding the tape as it goes, the reason is exactly the same as why buttered toast always falls buttered side down: It is NOT due to the aerodynamics during the fall. It is NOT due to the center of gravity. It is because you are winding it the wrong way around - (or buttering the wrong side) Also would not a fall like that damage the tape reel? Ben.
Re: Blue tape retainers
wonders how long it takes the seal to decay? when in the biz had tapes on the rack for 13 years and no falling . Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/9/2015 7:42:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, bfranc...@jetnet.ab.ca writes: On 6/9/2015 8:15 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: On 2015-Jun-09, at 3:01 PM, jwsmobile wrote: I find that the Writghtline seals work the best if the tapes were not and are not hung with them. Eventually the white material will fail, or the black lock will break, but they are by far the longest lasting other than just a clear box container. Every couple of years for awhile now I'll be surprised in hearing a snap, clunk and strange scuffling sound in the house. It's one of those tape collar-seals breaking spontaneously, at which point the hung reel falls to the floor and takes off across the room, generally unwinding the tape as it goes. After a few years, they start looking for food. :)
