Hi Ron, I have a contact with a Chinese factory that supplies reels and packaging to tape manufacturers, and you can buy the flanges direct from the factory. You can just fix them directly onto the hubs. The cost is very reasonable if you buy in bulk.Thank you, Skylab. But doesn’t this video show it the hard way (Disassembling each reel, putting the tape on the reel, and reassembling each reel)?
I prefer the idea of disassembling only one reel (a plate?), putting the pancake on the open reel half, spooling the pancake tape onto a complete reel, and then rewinding it back on to a complete reel。
Thank you for the thought. But I am good for now. I have all of my pancakes on reels now.Hi Ron, I have a contact with a Chinese factory that supplies reels and packaging to tape manufacturers, and you can buy the flanges direct from the factory. You can just fix them directly onto the hubs. The cost is very reasonable if you buy in bulk.
Nothing could be easier? Is this a matter for the Hyperbole Police?Pancakes? Nothing could be easier!
Yes, these too have centering hubs.
The reels, used by ATR are, in my experience, notoriously wobbly.
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