Sony TC-645 1/4 Track R2R Erase Head & Issues
Hello everyone.
Recently bought this R2R machine to restore, the jobs done so far, and that need doing are too many to mention. However, I'm interested in you guys who have had this and other similar Sony machines (like TC-399 etc), and in particular the raising of the tape away from the heads in RW/FF modes. You see, on this deck at least there is some contact between the high speed tape movement and the erase head!? Is this a common design flaw on these Sonys?
Here is a shot of before and after lapping of the erase head.
Any thoughts?
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