26 Mar
2019
26 Mar
'19
5:19 p.m.
On Mar 26, 2019, at 8:14 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Argh! I just got a batch of 10.5" open-reel tape in and about one-third
of the batch has vinyl "hanger strips" that heave either self-destructed
in shipment or are about to do so.
Given that the durned things have lapsed into the land of the
unobtainium, I wonder if plastic (probably polypropylene) 16mm film cans
will work. The 1200' size looks to be about right.
Has anyone tried this?
Plastic cans were the other standard tape reel packaging, and I think predates the tape
seals. Sure that works. Just make sure they are tall enough not to compress the reel
sides.
Ideally you'd have a hub in the middle of the can to center the reel hub, though it
would work without that, just not as nicely.
Metal (non-ferrous) cans would work too. Actually, even some ferrous materials would
work. I once had a tape shipped to me in a box lined with mu-metal, because the shipping
department saw "magnetic tape" on the shipping form so they applied the
packaging rules for magnetic materials (i.e., permanent magnets). Nice, I saved it since
that stuff is not easily found.
paul