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Diabolical Artificer · 12th Jul 2016, 6:38 am

Metal toys used to be made from this stuff, we used to call it monkey metal where I lived as a kid. A bit like chewing gum wood that pallets are made of,. In a nut shell cheap rubbish. I had a 1721L that was affected by this, made a replacement out of pear wood which works well.

That aside the 1722 is a half decent R2R, though like all Akai's a bit of a pain to work on. The 22 I had didn't suffer from cam rot, and I never had it apart so can't comment on the cams. Whatever, replacements are pretty easy to make.

Andy.

12th Jul 2016, 6:38 am	#7
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,662	Re: AKAI 1722-L reel to reel Metal toys used to be made from this stuff, we used to call it monkey metal where I lived as a kid. A bit like chewing gum wood that pallets are made of,. In a nut shell cheap rubbish. I had a 1721L that was affected by this, made a replacement out of pear wood which works well. That aside the 1722 is a half decent R2R, though like all Akai's a bit of a pain to work on. The 22 I had didn't suffer from cam rot, and I never had it apart so can't comment on the cams. Whatever, replacements are pretty easy to make. Andy. __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.