Found Some Nice Reels

[Beck]

Just had to share my good fortune with people who can appreciate it.

I bought four of these 1/2” 6-screw precision reels brand new in sealed boxes for about $10.00 apiece. They are vintage Ampex in the red & black box, which I haven’t seen for ages. The flanges are slightly thinner than a more recent Ampex precision type I have, but the aluminum is very high quality, sturdy and straight. The outsides of the flanges have a very fine textured satin finish… brushed aluminum rather than anodized. I’ve actually never seen this type before. A small find and I would rather win the lottery, but kinda fun.

[Herm]

Those look(reel) nice Tim. I miss the days when you could buy Quality stuff like that.
What the hell happen to my country?

[Dr ZEE]

Originally Posted by Herm

,,,
What the hell happen to my country?

There are three worldy "mystery" words:
"education", "infrastructure" and "innovation"
Manage to decode those three and you'll know what happen and what's comming.

[Dr ZEE]

Originally Posted by Beck

... who can appreciate it.

Looks like great commodity to me. I can appreciate

[cjacek]

I too can appreciate. Nice going Tim!

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[trancedental]

Very similar to the Ampex reel I have but mine came in a foldout "book" style shiny beige box.

Never seen the style above or the red / black box before, first Ampex boxes I remember were the grey / light blue ones with the rainbow stickers on the spools! Still plenty of those on sale on EBay! Early to mid '80's era probably!

[Dr ZEE]

've seen the boxes, (nevermind what's inside )
here are some 7x7 ones:
http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Ampex-444-Low-...em140240319968
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Ampex-631-Prof...mZ380036192378

[analogkid]

Sweet! Any find is a great victory these days.

AK