neckcarpenter
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I've just found a deal on three machines: 2 Porta Two's and 1 Porta One. Of course, none of them are fully functional, but the hope is that eventually, one of them will work, so I'm messing around with the Porta Two that is the most promising of the group.
The only thing in the way of this being reasonably functional is that tape bunches at the pinch roller/capstan zone. More specifically it feeds through the pinch without being tangled but then bunches just to the right of it.
The culprit appears to be that the take up reel doesn't spin. Well it does, but very slowly, and haltingly. Not nearly fast enough to reel the tape as it plays. I've already opened up the machine and changed two of the three belts, which I believe included the belt that controls the take up side. I didn't change the large, flat capstan belt. Changing the belts hasn't improved it at all.
When playing a five second tape loop tape, everything is fine, probably because the loop doesn't require any take up.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? All help is appreciated!
The only thing in the way of this being reasonably functional is that tape bunches at the pinch roller/capstan zone. More specifically it feeds through the pinch without being tangled but then bunches just to the right of it.
The culprit appears to be that the take up reel doesn't spin. Well it does, but very slowly, and haltingly. Not nearly fast enough to reel the tape as it plays. I've already opened up the machine and changed two of the three belts, which I believe included the belt that controls the take up side. I didn't change the large, flat capstan belt. Changing the belts hasn't improved it at all.
When playing a five second tape loop tape, everything is fine, probably because the loop doesn't require any take up.
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? All help is appreciated!