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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Service Tool K

2008-03-30 by Mark Pring

Thanks Frank,
I think I might need disc surgery before attempting
that.

Mark
--- lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 3/30/2008 4:39:02 A.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,  
> markpringnz@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> Any  one got one?
> What does it look like?
> Can you still get  one?
> 
> 
> 
> Mark, I can tell you how to make one. All it is for
> it to help put tapes  
> into virgin frames.
>  
> Here's how you make one:
>  
> Cut a piece of bals or other wood into a block 1.25
> inches X  2 inches  X 
> .375 inches. Then get two pieces of spruce or bass
> wood 18 inches long and  
> 3/8ths" wide and 1/8th inch thick (.375"). Glue the
> spruce or bass wood strips  to 
> the bock along the 2" length. Wrap the block with
> duct tape. You're done. You  
> now have the tool.
>  
> So when  are ready to put tapes into a virgin frame,
> mount the frame  into 
> the Mellotron, screwing in the front and back rails.
> Put the piece of tape  into 
> the back rail under the proper screws. Dump most of
> the rest of the tape  
> into the spill box and slide a few inches of the
> other end under the proper two  
> screws on the front rail, while making sure that the
> tape is not twisted. Use  
> the tool to shove the tape down over the front tape
> guide rollers such that 
> two  loops appear down in between the plastic tape
> separators. Grab the two 
> loops  from underneath with your fingers. While
> holding the loops in proper 
> position  with one have, pop open the turnbuckle
> with the other. Do not twist the  
> turnbuckle; keep it aligned. Pop the loops over the
> respective turnbuckle  
> spindles and close up the turnbuckle. Do this 34
> more times. All the tool is for  
> is to help push the tape down over the front roller
> guides so that you can 
> grab  it from underneath.
>  
> Then go to the chiropractor.
>  
> Frank. 
> 
> 
> 
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