Hi:

I don't know who exactly makes paper leader anymore. I'm set with a lifetime supply.

Your point about blank tape before and after program content is a good one. You can use junk tape is 
you're sure it's not likely to go sticky. The "studio" way I was taught is  Reel Head >> a good lot 
of leader (maybe 15 seconds worth) >> setup tones >> 30 second silent tape so tones stand no chance 
of printing thru >> 10 seconds leader >> cut 1, etc >> (after last cut) 5-10 seconds of leader >> a 
few minutes of blank tape or junk tape >> a few revolutions of leader to protect the edge of the 
tape pack.

This was back when engineers were all good blade-men, so all those splices were child's play.

I get a lot of tapes for transfer that were made by someone who never learned the value of leader 
tape. It's too bad because you can lose the beginning of a program and get off on a bad foot.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carlstephen koto" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape


> Tom, where do you find paper leader (I'm looking for 1/4") !? I  thought I'd checked everywhere 
> but maybe not?
> What I do is attach a turn of leader and about 10 turns of blank  tape. I've never found any 
> adhesive that doesn't become goo or is so  sticky, it removes or deforms part of the tape when 
> removing it. So  the blank tape is held down by TME hold down tape. When it gets nasty  I just 
> snip off that bit of tape. With that much blank tape after the  white leader, I'd have to be 
> asleep not to stop the tape before it ends.
> On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>
>> Take a piece of Scotch tape -- the kind you tape a library tag on a  book. Fold a third of it 
>> over so it's a tab. Hold the tape end down  with the 2/3 sticky stuff. Use paper leader tape, a 
>> few feet. In  the life of that reel, you will not gum up or tear off enough paper  leader tape to 
>> matter.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess"  <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape
>>
>>
>>> At 02:32 PM 2008-01-17, Richard Warren wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> The Grinch in me sees this discussion and harks back to research  for the AAA Committee that 
>>>> resulted in our recommending against  the use of any sort of hold-down or splicing tape (except 
>>>> for  temporary use of splicing tape to make or extend leaders that are  too short for a tape 
>>>> player) because of the danger of bleeding  adhesives (and I've never found any type of splicing 
>>>> or hold-down  tape that did not bleed goo onto tape surfaces or that was  peelable without some 
>>>> sort of deposit or damage). I wish my  experience were more helpful, but facts are facts.
>>>
>>> From another Grinchly Richard:
>>>   --Shipping tapes without hold down is very risky as the outer  wraps may come unwound
>>>   --I have received far too many tapes with damage to the outer 20 + turns due to them becoming 
>>> unwound. It also appears that loosely  wound wraps of tape are more likely to dry out and cup.
>>>
>>> I fear it's a matter of picking your poison. Whatever you do,  please do not use the 3M white 
>>> plastic hold-down clips--at least  in the mode where they go over the tape pack and often cause 
>>> edge  damage.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard (aka Richard d'Grinch II)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard L. Hess                   email: [log in to unmask]
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>