Just to add a little competition to Brigadier Vytas ....

I had a post 3 years back on how to make reels from 0.5mm Aluminium stock sheets or ...much easier from the 'plastic' type visiting cards if one is OK with white.

Aluminium can be left silver - with a 'brush/scratch' finish or colored up with varnishes..
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The windows need to be cut out carefully using an Xacto hobby knife or a surgical BP blade size 11 to give that excat appearnace of tape level visibility....

The visiting card thing is very easy...the aluminium job does take time but is thrilling to finish :-)

WOW! Great job,Doc! Competition, u say..

here's some of my nu reel cassettes, this time with cutted-out (with the some kind of hobby knife's blade) windows:

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and funny one- 1 rubel cassette:

http://www.shizaudio.ru/audio/...media/4/IMG_2259.jpg

(one soviet rubel is used for making of reeels )



visiting cards.. that idea is fantastic. i think i have some somewhere..


Doc, can u show me that post about alluminium reels?

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Doc, can u show me that post about alluminium reels?

Dear BV
Unfortunately it is missing from the archives ....happens some times
but I'll hunt for the specs and my DIY box this Sunday and see if I can post some pics to motivate you from high speed to light speed! You are doing a great job already :-)

Brigadier's photos





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Yikes the 1 Rubel is fantastic especailly with the economic crsis around - its like saying money has no value anymore other than making my boombox look great Luv it!!

And the multi color sticker one

hahahahahahaha I like those...