Ampex 602 parts wanted

[reel-to-reel-man]

I know I shouldnt be buying so many machines but I cant help myself

I won this machine recently and need some parts for it, I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking for a pair of reel clamps and a mains lead, I have not got the machine yet to take better pics of that mains lead is needed but it would probably be a American 2-pin, the pins are about 3/4" apart.

http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/5c_3.jpg

Can anyone help?

[shawthing]

Hello reel-to-reel-man, thought I'd posted this earlier, doesn't seem to be there,

****** OFF-TOPIC STUFF DELETED ******

(And apologies for hi-jacking your thread to ask you a question! )

[Paul Stenning]

Your previous post was deleted by a moderator for being off-topic. This one is off-topic too (as you know with your comment about hijacking a thread), so I have deleted most of it.

You may post a new thread for your enquiry - but first please READ THE FORUM RULES at https://www.vintage-radio.net/rules.html.

[reel-to-reel-man]

Cheers Paul, back on topic, when I collected the machine the guy had two reel clamps, also I managed to remove the splice block, still some glue but its very difficult to get off, if I steam it it comes off slowly, label remover will not budge it ether, any ideas? I also repaired the faulty meter which was reading high but couldn't be reset, still need help on a mains plug.

http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/seb/602.jpg

[shawthing]

Hello reel-to-reel-man, staying firmly on topic this time (apologies for earlier! ), re. the glue, have you tried freezing spray? It might make the glue brittle enough to be gently chipped away with a razor blade or scalpel. Alternatively, I've removed glue from paintwork very successfully in the past by slowly working my way one at a time through a variety of chemical solvents (WD40, Fospro, acetone, Switchklene, isopropyl alcohol etc), testing each one on an out-of-sight bit of paintwork first of course, until I've hit one that happens to deal with that particular substance. Re. mains lead, there's a sizeable community of Ampex users (including many ex-company employees) in the States - have you tried the Ampex List (Web page: http://recordist.com/ampex/) as they might know a source for leads...).

Hope this helps, best wishes, Chas

[reel-to-reel-man]

Dead link


http://recordist.com/ampex/


The glue I can get off by holding the head cover over the kettle, heating it up and pick the glue off with my nails whilst screaming in pain do not want to use a blade as you can to too far. I have removed about 60% of the glue now.

[Dave Moll]

Originally Posted by reel-to-reel-man

The glue I can get off by holding the head cover over the kettle, heating it up and pick the glue off with my nails whilst screaming in pain.

A thought occurs - if you are willing to sacrifice a "marigold" type glove, you could snip off the tip of a finger (of the glove, that is) to expose just the nail you use to scrape the glue whilst giving some degree of protection to the rest of your hand.

[shawthing]

Well - something about how I typed the link has indeed killed it - but, if you click on the link where you quoted it in your reply, it works! (Go figure!). It takes you to the Ampex Virtual Museum (a fascinating site in itself, if you haven't been there before) and there are links to join the Ampex list there; you can subscribe to get a daily digest of posts; between that and the yahoo reeltoreel list, I learn a lot every day!

[Paul Stenning]

I've fixed the link - it had some javascript with it, probably due to copying it from somewhere else.

[shawthing]

Thanks Paul - if anyone hasn't had a look at the Ampex Museum site, I'd highly recommend it, als for early video interest....

[reel-to-reel-man]

Cheers, interesting site, well worth the visit