[QuadList] Ampex Pinch Roller removal procedure

Wed Mar 27 08:19:23 CDT 2013

Thanks for the information on replacing the pinch roller but what I need to know is how to remove the pinch roller. Something was mentioned about using a modified allen wrench.

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   1. Re: The Closing of BBC Television Centre (Brian Summers)
   2. Re: Ampex Pinch Roller removeal procedure (Chill315 at aol.com)

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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:07:07 -0000
From: "Brian Summers" <Brian at summershome.co.uk>
To: "'Quad List'" <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] The Closing of BBC Television Centre
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Hi All 

My friend Joe, sent me this link and message;-

"I spent New Years Day at TV Centre with my camera. I've made my pics  into
a slideshow - thought you might enjoy!"
http://youtu.be/zTqWBEbBxZw=

It brought a little lump to my throat, so empty, so sad!

Regards

Brian S

See the Virtual Museum's  Web Site at www.tvcameramuseum.org  

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> From: Tony Quinn [mailto:tony at tqvideo.co.uk] 
> Sent: 25 March 2013 17:46
> To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] The Closing of BBC Television Centre
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> In message <FFA3B4F3C3534C9DB2AB9EF03B903BA2 at DavidVAIO>, 
> David Dean <dixie at westpoint.tv> writes
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> >
> >Hi List
> >
> >?
> >
> >As some of you may already know BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane 
> >London has closed its doors for the last time, as a former employee 
> >there I have to say it bought a tear to my eye. In it?s Quad heyday 
> >there were at least 40 2? Quads there with VR 1200s, VR2000s, TR70s, 
> >AVR2s, 1 AVR1 and a Slomo disk recorder. ?This was my 
> introduction to 
> >all this technology in the late 1970s working in the ?Television 
> >Recording Group? (Telecine and VT).
> >
> >?
> >
> >It has been sold to a property company for ?200,000,000 
> although they 
> >are ?mothballing? 3 studios, one of which was the biggest tv 
> studio in 
> >Europe. One comment I heard was if they took all the copper 
> wiring out 
> >the place it would probably fall down, and cause a severe dip in the 
> >price of copper!! I for one will sadly miss the old place, I 
> was there 
> >for 8 years and was proud to have worked in the building.
> 
> Much as I hate "me too" posts .... me too :)
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:53:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chill315 at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [QuadList] Ampex Pinch Roller removeal procedure
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The most critical thing is to get the roller back on properly.  

Make sure that the roller is perfectly parallel with the capstan  shaft.  
If not, then the tape will be pushed up or down and possibly cause  edge 
damage upon start up.  When you put the screws back in just finger  tighten them 
so that you can check the alignment.  Push the roller toward  the shaft and 
with a light behind it you can see if it is aligned.  Then  tighten the 
screws and recheck.

Tape stock does make a difference.  Fuji tape was stiffer and had more  
edge damage for us.

RCA machines had a capstan that was more or less free floating and thus was 
 easier.  

Chris Hill
WA8IGN

In a message dated 3/25/2013 2:15:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bgriffin at commeng.com writes:

Does anyone have information on  the procedure for removing a pinch roller 
from an AVR2 or  VR2000? 

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