[GreenKeys] Glue for joining punched tape

[Pete Lancashire]

I just checked my stash of 8 level splices that came from Remex the
adhesive is not looking too great. Doesn't want to stick very much.
On Aug 9, 2015 4:34 AM, "Nick England" <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have posted photos and manuals for these three splicers at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rtty-misc.htm
>
> I'm still looking for a source of the pre-punched adhesive splices
> (317325) if anyone ever comes across some.
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> There was also a splicer made by Teletype for the 5-level FAA ADIS system.
>> It looked like an enlargement of a magnetic tape splicer, if you ever saw
>> one of those things.  Overlap two pieces of tape between guides, clamps
>> to hold them down, a knife that cuts a diagonal through the two layers,
>> throw away the top loose end, and apply a heat-activated patch across the
>> diagonal slice, then trim the sides of the patched tape to correct width.
>>
>> This was intended for use on blank tape going into the reperforator-
>> transmitter stands, so it never ran out of tape.  I don't know how well
>> this worked in practice.  You'd have to know the tape was running low,
>> reel out enough tape onto the floor to give you time to make the splice,
>> then put the new roll on the supply reel.  And then tear off the tape
>> coming out of the reader so you could discard the used tape and start
>> reeling up the freshly-punched tape.
>>
>> Magnetic drums and then disks put an end to all that.
>>
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