Unusual reels - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

reel-to-reel-man · 21st May 2006, 7:59 pm

I had a friend come over today who supplied me with 4 7 inch metal NAB reels, I have never seen these before, they do look very unusual indeed

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Tim · 21st May 2006, 8:10 pm

Oh yes, large centre spools(Nab size).
I beleive these are for use with 7" spools on the magazine side and empty 10.5" NAB spool on the take up side.
It's an attempt to minimise problems on some recorders caused by different spool centre sizes(imagine a 5" spool and nab take up!!) on machines with regulated speed contol. Some REVOX models have a reel size button which compensates electronically.
I have seen plastic versions of NAB centre 7" spools, although usually supplied with pre-recorder media. Handy for short lengths of tape too of course, in above circumstances.
Cheers
Tim

PS Lovely Nagra!!

radio edgar · 21st May 2006, 8:12 pm

Hi ,
these are unusal where did your friend get them from?
All I have got is some plastic ones
Regards
Paul

Bob955i · 21st May 2006, 8:50 pm

Reel to reel man:

If you ever want to sell that Nagra IV-S, let me know

reelguy · 21st May 2006, 9:13 pm

Nagra, Definately on my shopping list when I win the lottery !!!!!!!!!

Never seen those kind of reels before nor the gold coloured NAB adapters.

{ I have got a Grundig TK6, Wanna Swap ?

}
Thanks for pic's. Peter Reelguy

reel-to-reel-man · 21st May 2006, 9:31 pm

Cheers for all your responses. my friend got them from a radio place or something, brand new and never used, I must admit these are the first ones I have ever seen with the large nab centres on 7 inch reels, I have seen plastic reels with large hubs but always had a Cine centre. As for swaps or sale? I brought a Nagra over a year ago and regretted selling it, I have just today got this Nagra and have been fiddling with it all day. These are awesome recorders, I now have three of them and a very empty bank balance.

http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/radio/05.jpg

Bob955i · 21st May 2006, 10:47 pm

I believe the NAB adaptors were/are made by Studer-Revox.

Reel to reel guy: Where do you find the Nagras?

I just want a nice IV-S.

Welsh Anorak · 23rd May 2006, 5:18 pm

Hi

THREE Nagras - that's greedy! When I worked in a film studio there used to be an adaptor which fitted over the spools so the machine could use 10.5" reels - probably cost almost as much as the Nagra! Not seen one since..

Glyn

mieite · 23rd May 2006, 5:47 pm

The Tandberg you have is very nice looking too

Is it number 2 or 3 ?
Regards
Nisse

reel-to-reel-man · 24th May 2006, 5:59 am

the 10.5" adaptor is called the QGB, I sold mine for £500, my friend sold his on a known site for £909 yesterday ! The Tandberg I think is a series 2, it says Tandberg series 2 hi-fi 3 speed, cost me £1 and about £10 to restore, looks great !

Mike Phelan · 24th May 2006, 7:57 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by reel-to-reel-man

I have just today got this Nagra and have been fiddling with it all day. These are awesome recorders, I now have three of them and a very empty bank balance.

I could find a way to restore some of it that would decrement your Nagra balance to two!

reel-to-reel-man · 24th Jun 2006, 5:58 pm

Well I managed to get some money back into my bank ballance, but it was short lived, I now have another 2 Nagras.
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Roger13 · 14th Aug 2006, 5:50 pm

Hey. Some of us would sell the wife into slavery just to HOLD a Nagra, and you have 5?

It just won't do you know, it won't do at all.

stephanie · 14th Aug 2006, 6:55 pm

Yum.....Nagras. I remember those from a couple film classes I took in U.

Superhet Si · 14th Aug 2006, 9:30 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by reel-to-reel-man

Cheers for all your responses. my friend got them from a radio place or something, brand new and never used, I must admit these are the first ones I have ever seen with the large nab centres on 7 inch reels, I have seen plastic reels with large hubs but always had a Cine centre. As for swaps or sale? I brought a Nagra over a year ago and regretted selling it, I have just today got this Nagra and have been fiddling with it all day. These are awesome recorders, I now have three of them and a very empty bank balance.

http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/radio/05.jpg

Is that a Revox A77 I see on the window sill?

reel-to-reel-man · 15th Aug 2006, 5:29 am

Hello, I do not know why the first pics have died, must have been removed from my server. The recorder in the little hole in the wall is a A77 MK V with Dolby, I am very fond of this machine.

21st May 2006, 7:59 pm	#1
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Unusual reels I had a friend come over today who supplied me with 4 7 inch metal NAB reels, I have never seen these before, they do look very unusual indeed http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/yahoo/03.jpg http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/yahoo/04.jpg http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/yahoo/05.jpg __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk

21st May 2006, 8:10 pm	#2
Tim Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,310	Re: Unusual reels Oh yes, large centre spools(Nab size). I beleive these are for use with 7" spools on the magazine side and empty 10.5" NAB spool on the take up side. It's an attempt to minimise problems on some recorders caused by different spool centre sizes(imagine a 5" spool and nab take up!!) on machines with regulated speed contol. Some REVOX models have a reel size button which compensates electronically. I have seen plastic versions of NAB centre 7" spools, although usually supplied with pre-recorder media. Handy for short lengths of tape too of course, in above circumstances. Cheers Tim PS Lovely Nagra!! __________________ "Nothing is as dangerous as being too modern;one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."

21st May 2006, 8:12 pm	#3
radio edgar Pentode Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 133	Re: Unusual reels Hi , these are unusal where did your friend get them from? All I have got is some plastic ones Regards Paul

21st May 2006, 8:50 pm	#4
Bob955i Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leven Posts: 38	Re: Unusual reels Reel to reel man: If you ever want to sell that Nagra IV-S, let me know

21st May 2006, 9:13 pm	#5
reelguy Heptode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 746	Re: Unusual reels Nagra, Definately on my shopping list when I win the lottery !!!!!!!!! Never seen those kind of reels before nor the gold coloured NAB adapters. { I have got a Grundig TK6, Wanna Swap ? } Thanks for pic's. Peter Reelguy

21st May 2006, 9:31 pm	#6
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Unusual reels Cheers for all your responses. my friend got them from a radio place or something, brand new and never used, I must admit these are the first ones I have ever seen with the large nab centres on 7 inch reels, I have seen plastic reels with large hubs but always had a Cine centre. As for swaps or sale? I brought a Nagra over a year ago and regretted selling it, I have just today got this Nagra and have been fiddling with it all day. These are awesome recorders, I now have three of them and a very empty bank balance. http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/radio/05.jpg __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk

21st May 2006, 10:47 pm	#7
Bob955i Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leven Posts: 38	Re: Unusual reels I believe the NAB adaptors were/are made by Studer-Revox. Reel to reel guy: Where do you find the Nagras? I just want a nice IV-S.

23rd May 2006, 5:18 pm	#8
Welsh Anorak Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Wales, UK. Posts: 6,928	Re: Unusual reels Hi THREE Nagras - that's greedy! When I worked in a film studio there used to be an adaptor which fitted over the spools so the machine could use 10.5" reels - probably cost almost as much as the Nagra! Not seen one since.. Glyn

23rd May 2006, 5:47 pm	#9
mieite Tetrode Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 26	Re: Unusual reels The Tandberg you have is very nice looking too Is it number 2 or 3 ? Regards Nisse

24th May 2006, 5:59 am	#10
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Unusual reels the 10.5" adaptor is called the QGB, I sold mine for £500, my friend sold his on a known site for £909 yesterday ! The Tandberg I think is a series 2, it says Tandberg series 2 hi-fi 3 speed, cost me £1 and about £10 to restore, looks great ! __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk

24th Jun 2006, 5:58 pm	#12
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Unusual reels Well I managed to get some money back into my bank ballance, but it was short lived, I now have another 2 Nagras. http://vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/radio/06.jpg __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk

14th Aug 2006, 5:50 pm	#13
Roger13 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wrentham, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 508	Re: Unusual reels Hey. Some of us would sell the wife into slavery just to HOLD a Nagra, and you have 5? It just won't do you know, it won't do at all.

14th Aug 2006, 6:55 pm	#14
stephanie Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Bern, North Carolina, USA Posts: 346	Re: Unusual reels Yum.....Nagras. I remember those from a couple film classes I took in U.

15th Aug 2006, 5:29 am	#16
reel-to-reel-man Heptode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Paignton, Devon, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Unusual reels Hello, I do not know why the first pics have died, must have been removed from my server. The recorder in the little hole in the wall is a A77 MK V with Dolby, I am very fond of this machine. __________________ Vintage recorder collector www.vintagerecorders.co.uk