Many thanks to everyone who responded to this request. I had many
excellent suggestions, and a few very detailed descriptions of the
process. For those interested, the most detailed I have pasted
below, as I did get requests for a hit. I intend to gather up my
courage and attempt my rescue of the tape following the descriptions
below!
1.
Hold the tape in your left hand so you can read the label on the
large side. Push the button on the right side so that you can open
the door to access the tape. Hold that door open and turn the tape so
that the bottom (the side with the two wheels) is toward your right
hand. Use a slim tool to depress a button in a small hole on the
underside of the tape. That will release the wheels. Wind the tape
up by turning one of the wheels. I like to wind it so that the bad
spot is already past where you will be playing. Since the crunch is
early in the tape, you probably won't miss much.
2.
I've heard of people using an iron on a very low setting to iron the
bent tape, but I have actually torn into these before (not
recommended). VERY difficult to get back together correctly. However,
IF there is enough leader
before the break that can be pulled out of the cassette, you can cut out
the damaged section. In order to pull out the tape you will need to
press a plastic button on the side in order to flip up the tape cover,
then use some tape to hold it open. It has been a while since I did
this, but I think there is also something else needed to be done in
order to unlock the cog wheel in order to allow you to pull out the
tape.
Prepare:
Cutting surface
Single-edge razor blade, exacto knife, or scissors
Good quality "Scotch" tape (Radio Shack used to have repair tape made
for this purpose)
Metal or plastic straight-edge (spatula, ruler, small tri-square)
Then do the following maybe with an extra pair of hands:
1. Make sure the correct side of tape (less glossy) is going to be
placed against the recording/playback head. In other words - not
twisted!
2. Place the leader tape down on the cutting surface-table.
3. Place the recorded tape (with recorded side down) on the cutting
surface-table, overlapping the leader lengthwise about an inch or so.
4. Making sure someone is holding both ends of the tape, place the
straight-edge at about a 60 degree slant ( / ) and use the razor
blade, knife, or scissors to cut through BOTH pieces at the same time.
5. Do NOT move the long pieces, but do remove the cut-offs.
6. Place the "Scotch" tape over both pieces on the non-recorded side,
which should be face up.
7. Trim any excess tape along the sides of the "patch".
8. Turn the cog wheels to pull the tape back into the cartridge.
After explaining all this, I'll bet you anything, you can find a site
with photos or video.
3.
Having it happen at the beginning of the tape is the silver lining of
this problem.
Turn the tape cassette upside down so you can see the 5 or 6 small
screws holding the case together. Remove these screws.
Next, flip the case over so the screw holes face down and then pull the
two parts apart.
Study the way the tape flows through the case so you can return it
correctly then lift the end that is damaged out of case and cut off
damaged portion, leaving the blank leader alone. Then splice what is
left with regular clear tape on the back side of the tape (dull side).
Trim off any excess splicing tape that goes beyond the video tape edges.
Return the tape wheel to the case.
Close case.
Place screws back.
Test it.
Good luck. I have done it many times and it isn't hard with some
practice.
Linda Lucke
Butterfield Learning Center
Butterfield Elementary School
Libertyville, IL
llucke@d70schools.org
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