pancake reel question!

[tapeboy]

I just got hold of a new 1 inch tape on the 'pancake' as they call it! Silly question but do I mount the pancake on the right or left reel to wind it up? Surely it's the right reel so the tape ends up wound on to the left reel?!!!

 

[Beck]

Remove the screws from the empty reel and mount the metal flanges on the new pancake.

 

[tapeboy]

aaah!

so that means no winding up doesn't it?!!! Just screw the empty reel on to the pancake you mean, yes? That's great news. Thanks.

 

[Beck]

Yeah, as long as the plastic hub on the pancake and the plastic hub on the empty reel have the same number of screws, that's how it's done. Some hubs have 3 screws and others have 6.