More Capstan Motor Coils, Wow & Flutter Tapes, and Tascam Head Problems. Three For The Price Of One

Continuation of the axial motor coil production, testing calibration tapes for The Weather Wolf, and evaluating a Tascam 122mk2 transport with scratched heads.
Have a look at Jeremy's channel - The Weather Wolf, at this link: / @oklawolf

[@Oklawolf]

Very interesting video as always, and thanks for the collaboration! A couple things... the tape was targeted for 3kHz based on the output frequency from my own reference tape, so both were supposed to be pretty at 3kHz give or take the error rate on the recording machine for my reference tape. Glad to see they both got close enough, surprised to see the A&D got closer. It made that recording before I discovered I'd over-oiled the supply capstan, still had some dirt on one flywheel, and was missing a washer. I do have a Roth azimuth tape - it was used on the A&D but not used on the Technics. The Technics is running factory alignment plus 30 years of wear and whatever happened to it with the shipping damage. I clearly need a better tape for that, but first I need to be sure the A&D alignment hasn't moved. I had trouble getting in there to paintlock the adjustment. Now, back to the video for part 3...

[@asbcustom]

That was fun, thanks! My takeaway is that your machines are performing well in both speed and stability. I'll be interested to know how the tape performs when you get it back. I'll have it in the mail next week.

[@Oklawolf]

As will I. Glad to hear your thoughts about the TD-V1010. I may need to keep those comments in mind later in the fall. I may or may not have a deck with that same motor on the shelf right now…

[@asbcustom]

I have a couple of pictures from that build I'll e-mail to you. The differences in the motor assemblies are striking, the V1010's is miles ahead of the V711's, good as it is. The swap was really only possible because I was able to accurately machine the components, otherwise, it would have been an ugly job. It's an amazing sounding deck now, almost scary quiet.

[@Oklawolf]

That would be appreciated. I may have questions when I get to that machine, but it’s a few months away yet.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

Do you know The Nylon or Tethlon grill cooking mats, As Seen on Tv product. I was having this same problem winding coils. I cut round disks of those mats, and place them between ends of the mandrill, wrap your coils, glue, dry, release. Also Trojan makes a great oil, only purpose i can find for it 😄 is a release agent. 😂😂😆
Winding out a few coils at a time. 😂 Never fails.

[@asbcustom]

You have experience winding these type of coils then? Do you gang them up or one at a time? Did you see in this video where I ended up using solid Teflon bar stock for the mold, but still had some minor sticking problems after a while even when using release agent?

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

@@asbcustom I always wind one at a time. But I have a geared ring stretcher jig I modified that will wind them 10:1.

[@asbcustom]

To what does that ratio refer?