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I had an old cassette tape which had become unwound and using a pencil failed to budge it, although one of the circles of tape had an ominous bulge in it. Yes, it hadn’t been stored properly, but I could replace the tape with CDs, which made it good for me to practice on.
I searched the net and found a page with nice clear diagrams and everything labelled. It was written by someone who’d started fixing tapes when his best mate’s prize mix tape became unravelled in his car, so he had to learn fast.
So as per the instructions I unscrewed the screws. While I unscrewed them easily, they remained seated. So I turned over the tape, gave it a sharp tap on its bum. It exploded into it’s component parts and the tape became unravelled over the floor.
I did have a shot at fixing it (once I’d found the parts) and it quickly became clear I wasn’t going to be able to do it, so I replaced it with CDs. I think I should have used a magnetic screwdriver.
Moral of the story : buy TDK tapes, they must be made very well, especially since Other Half said “that shouldn’t have happened”
I searched the net and found a page with nice clear diagrams and everything labelled. It was written by someone who’d started fixing tapes when his best mate’s prize mix tape became unravelled in his car, so he had to learn fast.
So as per the instructions I unscrewed the screws. While I unscrewed them easily, they remained seated. So I turned over the tape, gave it a sharp tap on its bum. It exploded into it’s component parts and the tape became unravelled over the floor.
I did have a shot at fixing it (once I’d found the parts) and it quickly became clear I wasn’t going to be able to do it, so I replaced it with CDs. I think I should have used a magnetic screwdriver.
Moral of the story : buy TDK tapes, they must be made very well, especially since Other Half said “that shouldn’t have happened”
