On 09/29/2017 09:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 9/29/17 8:48 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > >> I did a few of these on a lathe years ago. It was a couple minutes job per >> reel. > > you are also going to have to cut holes near the hub so that you can get a > tape started > on the takeup reel.
Does the little Kennedy drive have a vacuum takeup reel? The 7970 certainly doesn't--no fans in that box at all. I've wondered about applying a low-tack glue dot to the hub of the takeup reel to speed loading. --Chuck
