6 Oct
2003
6 Oct
'03
7:28 a.m.
On Oct 6, 8:12, Lyle Bickley wrote:
I'd contact the seller and ask them if the tapes
are oiled (you can
smell the
oil) - if so, they are not mylar. (I've used a
lot of that
black/oiled tape
- btw, mylar tape is typically not black, IMHO and
experience)
You can often *feel* the oil. By a curious coincidence, I was talking
to a guy, this morning, who still sells paper tape and used to be
involved in its manufacture. He told me how it was oiled in bulk, and
how they used to do it in small batches for special jobs. I now know
how to oil my own :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
6 Oct
6 Oct
1:12 p.m.
On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 03:28 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Oct 6, 8:12, Lyle Bickley wrote:
That sounds interesting, how is it oiled? I had thought about that
before, and I couldn't imagine just dunking a roll of paper in oil, or
spraying it with oil or something. How oily is paper tape anyway? I
don't have any oiled tape, although I need to get some for my ASR33. I
have been using strips of computer paper to test, but I am worried that
the unoiled paper might wear down the punch. I thought about having a
stack of junk fanfold greenbar cut into 1" strips on the big machine in
at work, but since it wouldn't be oiled, I don't know if it would
damage anything. Do you really _need_ oiled tape, or can you get by
without it?
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
I'd contact the seller and ask them if the
tapes are oiled (you can
smell the
oil) - if so, they are not mylar. (I've used
a lot of that
black/oiled tape
- btw, mylar tape is typically not black, IMHO
and experience)
You can often *feel* the oil. By a curious coincidence, I was talking
to a guy, this morning, who still sells paper tape and used to be
involved in its manufacture. He told me how it was oiled in bulk, and
how they used to do it in small batches for special jobs. I now know
how to oil my own :-) 
3:15 p.m.
At 08:28 PM 10/6/03 +0100, you wrote:
On Oct 6, 8:12, Lyle Bickley wrote:
What kind of oil do they use on it?
Joe
I'd contact the seller and ask them if the
tapes are oiled (you can
smell the
oil) - if so, they are not mylar. (I've used
a lot of that
black/oiled tape
- btw, mylar tape is typically not black, IMHO
and experience)
You can often *feel* the oil. By a curious coincidence, I was talking
to a guy, this morning, who still sells paper tape and used to be
involved in its manufacture. He told me how it was oiled in bulk, and
how they used to do it in small batches for special jobs. I now know
how to oil my own :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
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