You hold the pencil and twirl the cassette around on it.
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DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
They don’t, since the pencil is too thin. Use a bic pen or a german/japanese pencil and then you can rewound the tape proper.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah. You don’t want it to rotate, you want to move your hand in a small circle.
You use the wood right before the exposed lead and maintain pressure toward the outside of the spool. The pen clip cap from a Bic or a partially unbent paper clip worked even better than a pencil.
Source: excessive Phish bootlegging in the 90s
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
exactly. and even better is a german/japanese pencil as they fit the inner spool perfectly.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I used to use some felt-tip pens, perfect fit.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
ya just need to tilt the tape to a different angle dude!
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
even then you will get slippage.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
its not like you got anything better to do…
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Huh, what you mean? I simply enjoy cassettes.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is it slippage or the natural result of something smaller having to turn more than one revolution to cover the same distance?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
mhm no, the bic pen / german/japanese pencil are do actually block the return motion, it wont result in slippage. The american pencil is so thin that it at best can grap onto one or two spokes.