[GreenKeys] Butterflying paper tape

Sun Mar 20 20:23:23 EDT 2022

Those are some nifty accessories.   I will have to get a closer look at the center feed unwinder.  I have found that chadless is an issue because its always catching the next row of tape which makes a mess and twists up.  

Daniel

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> On Mar 20, 2022, at 17:09, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Teletype made tape unwinders that fed tape from the center. For use after your motorized or clockwork winder did its job. 
> 
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/TH-tape-handling-6208.pdf
> 
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/sales/Tape_Handling_Equipment_1963.pdf
> 
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/sales/pthcat-7001.pdf
>  
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 6:36 PM Daniel Jones <djones at k6yic.com> wrote:
>> The spool winders do make it tough.  I built this stand so after it winds on the spool I move the spool to the top bolt and put another spool on the bottom and wind it again.  Not the most efficient but it does the job.  
>> 
>> I will need to learn the hand method before I run out of the spools I found on eBay.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Daniel
>> K6YIC
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Mar 20, 2022, at 15:30, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> It’s actually pretty easy to do. I learned it from Henning. I’ve been doing it between thumb and pinky. The article says do it between the thumb and the two middle fingers (fingers 2 and 3, which are held together). I’ll have to try that. 
>>> 
>>> What amazed me was how the first guy in the Phu Lam video tied it and hung it up in the beginning  of the video- no rubber band required. I watched it closely a few times but could not see how he did that. 
>>> 
>>> I used to use one of those Brucknel (?) automatic winders to wind it onto a spool as it comes out of the punch so that it doesn’t not end up all over the floor. But the spool ends up winding the tape in the wrong direction and is basically useless. 
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> W2TTY
>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 20, 2022, at 8:57 PM, Russ Miller <wa3frp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a link to the instructions on how to hand wind paper tape courtesy of RTTY Journal:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.w6iwi.org/rtty/Tape%20winding%20-%20RTTY%20J%2010-77.pdf
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:40 PM John <John at tubetestingpros.com> wrote:
>>>>> Go to about 4:40 in the video ("William Podolski..."), pause it, switch 
>>>>> to full-screen mode, in the settings menu (gear icon) select "Playback 
>>>>> Speed 0.25"
>>>>> 
>>>>> It makes it clearer what he's doing.  I've got to break out some junk 
>>>>> tape and give it a try, but I think I see what's going on. He uses the 
>>>>> thumb and little finger to wrap the tape, giving it a half-twist each pass.
>>>>> 
>>>>> A new thing to learn! Woo Hoo!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> 
>>>>> John KB6SCO
>>>>> 
>>>>> Carson City
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/20/2022 11:30 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
>>>>> > Hi everyone! Thanks to some help, I have my BRPE running at 110CPS 
>>>>> > reliably!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I am trying to learn to butterfly tape like in this video:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > https://youtu.be/hQG8VRSez_U
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I can not for the life of me figure out what they are doing with their 
>>>>> > fingers. It looks like they take the tape back up over the thumb, and 
>>>>> > then around the pinky, and there is a twist somehow in the middle. 
>>>>> > When I try it just twists the tape into a knot.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Does anyone have expetience doing this and can talk me through it?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -Eric
>>>>> >
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