Tape Tension guages

[Rare Bird]

Does anyone know if tape tension guages are available with digital readouts (0-3000grm)?

[Effem]

Errrrrm, as I seem to recall there isn't really an overlap of technologies there between tape and digital instruments Andre :eyebrows:

I have found one ebay seller who says he has a spring tape tension gauge that goes up to 3000gm, although the main listing is for a 1000gm one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STUDER-REVOX-OPEN-REEL-TAPE-TENSION-SPRING-SCALE-GAUGE-/220741680283?pt=UK_Consumer_VintageAudio_RL&hash=item33653abc9b#ht_500wt_1156

[Rare Bird]

Errrrrm, as I seem to recall there isn't really an overlap of technologies there between tape and digital instruments Andre :eyebrows:



Excuse my dimness but you lost me there Frank!!

[Effem]

There are still a good few mechanical tension gauges around for tape machines, but the machines themselves began being phased out by the early 80's and digital readouts for anything didn't arrive on the scene until the late 80's if my memory serves me well. In other words methinks there is around a 10 year gap in technologies :scratch:

[Lodgesound]

By far the best guages are the "Tentelometers" made by the Tentel Corporation as they were - mechanical and very very accurate.

I still use one for setting all my machines and that includes the open reel video machines - in their day these guages retailed for around 8 grand !

[Rare Bird]

Nice.. accurate is what i'm looking for.. I have a spring guage but never trusted it.

[Barry]

Is this of any help?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CORREX-Tension-Gauge-/130485115004#vi-desc

Be quick!

I sometimes use a Correx gauge to confirm the cartridge tracking force.

[Rare Bird]

No Good Barry i need 1200-1400 grm pinch Roll pressure

[Barry]

OK, how about: http://www.pesola.com/cgi-bin/shop?r0=user&r1=show&r2=item&itemId=177&lang=en_US ?

Not cheap, but accurate and Swiss made.

[The Grand Wazoo]

......and beautifully Swiss made too by the look of the photo........

http://www.pesola.com/_shop/_articles/3324.jpg

[Rare Bird]

Looks like i might need two to be accurate. The 2500g (for 1200g-1400g: Pinch Roll Pressure) & The 300g one (for 200g: Tape Tension arms)!

[Lodgesound]

Just a suggestion - if you attach a 200g weight to the end of a piece of quarter inch tape and thread it through the transport and let it 'hang' off the tension arms you can then set up the mechanical and/or electronic positioning and relative cut-offs for them.

This is the method by which tension arms are set on all high-end machines.

[Rare Bird]

Thanks
I dropped on a lab grade guage for £25 that will do the trick, better than the cheap one i had..