The Mellotron Group

No, the chains were not slack...  The problem was that the clutch was not tight, I tightened it and the cycling worked quite well...  Until last night....

David 

On Jul 12, 2013, at 7:21, "Hessel Herder" <hessel@soundscape-worldwide.com> wrote:

> Wasn’t there mention of the chains being too slack? Maybe that explains the misalignment in winding the tape on the drum?
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> The squeal is odd. I sometimes get that when a tape is stuck in or before the tapebox.Power off as quickly as possible …
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> Van: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] Namens tron400
> Verzonden: vrijdag 12 juli 2013 13:03
> Aan: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Onderwerp: [newmellotrongroup] Re: M300 Cycling issue
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> Because of the age of these cycling machines, Jerry Korb would never cycle more than one station at a time for fear of spilling tapes. The 1/4" tape is also more prone to static buildup, causing tape stickies. Fortunately, the new machines don't and won't suffer this problem.
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Hammonddave <hammonddave2004@...> wrote:
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> > So I experienced my first cycling mishap tonight (that didn't take long)... I cycled from station 1 to 6, I heard a loud high pitched squeal, and some of the tape was misaligned on the rear drum.
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> > So my question is,,,, should I try try to manually roll the drum back to station 1 hoping the tape straightens itself out and realigns?
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> > Thanks in advance.
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