Date   : Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:09:37 +0100
From   : adsb@... (Andrew Benham)
Subject: Rescuing cassette tapes

On 27/04/2020 16:30, Guy Dawson wrote:

> As Adam Sampson does, you could buy some new screwed-together blank
> cassette shells and after cracking the old tape cassettes open put the
> spools in a new screwed-together cassette shell.

Or use an old screwed-together cassette shell, carefully storing the
original spools to replace later.

Another useful tip is using a hand winder to run the tape through the
cassette a couple of times to see if it sticks anywhere.
I don't know whether one can still buy hand winders - they were very
popular years ago to save the battery life when using portable
cassette players.

-- 
Andrew Benham