You hold the pencil and twirl the cassette around on it.
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DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 days 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 2 days ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 days 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 2 days ago
exactly. and even better is a german/japanese pencil as they fit the inner spool perfectly.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I used to use some felt-tip pens, perfect fit.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
ya just need to tilt the tape to a different angle dude!
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 days ago
even then you will get slippage.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
its not like you got anything better to do…
DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 day ago
Huh, what you mean? I simply enjoy cassettes.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 days 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 2 days 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.