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From: zeus@aero.ARPA (Dave Suess)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Advice sought on videocassette repair
Message-ID: <533@aero.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 12:03:58 EST
Article-I.D.: aero.533
Posted: Sun Nov 10 12:03:58 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 03:30:27 EST
Reply-To: zeus@aero.UUCP (Dave Suess)
Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA
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Keywords: VHS videocassette repair
Summary: how to reattach tape to hub?

I have a trusty tape I have used daily for years; after getting work done
on my VCR, the fast-forward (now stronger) managed to jerk the end of the
tape off the left hub of the videocassette.  Has anyone had any experience
with how to reattach the tape to the hub?  I fear wrinkles with adhesives.
Getting into the cassette (and back out) is no problem; I'd like to salvage
the tape as a worker again (but I'd settle for a one-shot, with some sort
of glue, if needs be, to see what was on it).

(The tape, by the way, is a Maxell Epitaxial HG T-120, that I bought in 
January of 1981.  The first half-hour or so developed problems (like a warp
in a record: permanent interference, on the tape) and I was ready to scrap
it; instead I put it to use to tape "daily" stuff, Letterman, shows when I
was out, possible views, shows to see with fastforward on commercials, etc.
I used this tape daily, averaging at least an hour or two per day, until
the end of September in '85, and it refused to show any signs of wear except
a brief ripple at about the 3-hour mark from multiple start-stops.  Great
tape, at least then.)
				-- Dave Suess 	zeus@AEROSPACE.ARPA
						zeus@aero.UUCP