eddie wrote:Yeah me too. I have the same set of screwdrivers but it takes someone very brave and with very steady hands to take apart what's inside. My answer when a tape breaks is to get it back on the spool and digitise immediately because chances are you will get one play out of it. Never seen a tape that dirty inside though.
Agree, most of the old tapes don't even have screws. They were sealed with adhesives. Need to be extra careful to break it open. Digitise is the way to go.
Dirty tapes can be cleaned, but old player can eat tapes due to bad pinch roller. If the tape is badly twisted, then you have no chance to fix it.
But then again, I saw on youtube that someone use an iron to fix a chewed tape. Well...