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I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:33:12 -0800 (PST), sweets53
wrote:

I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.

Well, this is a UK group, so probably not. A better starting point may
be rec.audio.tech

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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sweets53 wrote:
I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.

There's a yahoo group called reeltoreel that covers just that. You can
find it he

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/r...guid=193690133

See you there

Ian

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"sweets53" wrote in message
...
I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.


If you are in the US, then this may not be the group for you.
American tape recorders (Ampex, Crown etc) were not terribly
popular in the UK. Revox, Brenell, Scopetronics, Ferrograph were.

You might find someone on RAT (Rec.audio.tubes) in addition
to myself who shares your interest in tape recorders.

You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html


Good fortune!
Iain

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"sweets53" wrote in message
...
I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.


If you are in the US, then this may not be the group for you.
American tape recorders (Ampex, Crown etc) were not terribly
popular in the UK. Revox, Brenell, Scopetronics, Ferrograph were.

You might find someone on RAT (Rec.audio.tubes) in addition
to myself who shares your interest in tape recorders.

You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html


Slightly related - in a recent house move I've found several 5" tapes which
I probably recorded from AM radio in the sixties. Nostalgic value only, but
where could I find someone to transfer them to CD? Lots of crappy products
on the market for converting records to CD but never seen anything for
tapes.

Geoff MacK

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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html


Slightly related - in a recent house move I've found several 5" tapes
which I probably recorded from AM radio in the sixties. Nostalgic value
only, but where could I find someone to transfer them to CD? Lots of
crappy products on the market for converting records to CD but never seen
anything for tapes.

Geoff MacK

Any CD mastering facility should be able to do this for you. A cheaper
alternative might be:

http://www.broadwoodmusic.co.uk/t-tape_transfer.aspx

They specialise in cassettes, but can probably do reel to
reel at slow speeds also.

Iain

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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
ti.fi...

"sweets53" wrote in message
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I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other
suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.


If you are in the US, then this may not be the group for you.
American tape recorders (Ampex, Crown etc) were not terribly
popular in the UK. Revox, Brenell, Scopetronics, Ferrograph were.

You might find someone on RAT (Rec.audio.tubes) in addition
to myself who shares your interest in tape recorders.

You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html


Slightly related - in a recent house move I've found several 5" tapes
which I probably recorded from AM radio in the sixties. Nostalgic
value only, but where could I find someone to transfer them to CD?
Lots of crappy products on the market for converting records to CD but
never seen anything for tapes.

Geoff MacK

Try contacting www.otrcat.com He supplies exactly what you have on CD,
many UK radio shows as well as oodles of US, so he may be interested in
helping you. Very friendly outfit.

For any UK readers, have a look at this site if you want mp3 CDs of the
likes of The Goons, The Navy Lark, Beyond Our Ken, ISIRTA, etc. They are
cheap (even cheaper now with the exchange rate) and arrive very quickly.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

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On 20 Nov, 11:17, "Iain Churches" wrote:
"sweets53" wrote in message

...

I'm searching for a forum of those interested in restoring vintape
reel to reel tape recorders & discussing the do's & don'ts. Please
tell me if this is the right place or if you've any other suggestions.
I live in the United States, Brick New Jersey, 08724 to be specific.
Thank you.

If you are in the US, then this may not be the group for you.
American tape recorders (Ampex, Crown etc) were not terribly
popular in the UK. Revox, Brenell, Scopetronics, Ferrograph were.

You might find someone on RAT (Rec.audio.tubes) in addition
to myself who shares your interest in tape recorders.

You can see a British Leevers Rich R200 stereo
tape recorder (BBC model) now fully restored on
my site at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...LR/LRE200.html

Good fortune!
Iain

Thanks, I have an old Tandberg 2TF that I'm trying to fix. The last
person who owned it left it in the play position and a pinch roller
was lodged against the capstan for over two years thus creating a dent
in the rubber. I'd like to fix it by filling the dent with some
substance rather than trying to remove it from its position for fear
of breaking something. If you know of some substance or technique I
could use I would surely appreciate your help. I tried wrapping in
electrical tape which improved the condition but not to my liking.
Thanks much.
Stewart

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Thanks, I have an old Tandberg 2TF that I'm trying to fix. The last
person who owned it left it in the play position and a pinch roller
was lodged against the capstan for over two years thus creating a dent
in the rubber. I'd like to fix it by filling the dent with some
substance rather than trying to remove it from its position for fear
of breaking something. If you know of some substance or technique I
could use I would surely appreciate your help. I tried wrapping in
electrical tape which improved the condition but not to my liking.
Thanks much.


One many domestic machines, the pinch wheel is
simply pulled in with a spring, and so the diameter
of the wheel is not critical, assuming that you do
not allow slippage.

In such a case, it might be possible to fill the dent
with some sort of plastic filler, and then fit a length of
shrink sleeve (available in various diameters from good
electronic components shops) heated with a hot-air
blower or a hair drier and then trimmed top and bottom.

Alternatively, you could look for a NOS spare part.
Tandbergs, like Revox, were sold in very large
numbers.

Iain

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On 22 Nov, 08:21, "Iain Churches" wrote:
"sweets53" wrote in message

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Thanks, I have an old Tandberg 2TF that I'm trying to fix. The last
person who owned it left it in the play position and a pinch roller
was lodged against the capstan for over two years thus creating a dent
in the rubber. I'd like to fix it by filling the dent with some
substance rather than trying to remove it from its position for fear
of breaking something. If you know of some substance or technique I
could use I would surely appreciate your help. I tried wrapping in
electrical tape which improved the condition but not to my liking.
Thanks much.

One many domestic machines, the pinch wheel is
simply pulled in with a spring, and so the diameter
of the wheel is not critical, assuming that you do
not allow slippage.

In such a case, it might be possible to fill the dent
with some sort of plastic filler, and then fit a length of
shrink sleeve (available in various diameters from good
electronic components shops) heated with a hot-air
blower or a hair drier and then trimmed top and bottom.

Alternatively, you could look for a NOS spare part.
Tandbergs, like Revox, were sold in very large
numbers.

Iain

Does anyone convert old Super film to CD? Is it expensive?