Ruby Slicer, sister of Susie Slicer, female lead in the latest Slasher movie...
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On 26 Apr 2013, at 18:00, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com> wrote:
> "Ruby slicer?"
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> Damned auto correct!
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> Shirley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net>
> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 9:51 am
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: HDCAM tape lifespan...
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> I just have to say. I love this list!!!! This is one of my favorite threads.
> I feel like I"m in the original OZ movie and I just found out I had the Ruby
> slicer all the time. I'm clicking my wanna be nerd heals 3 times. ;-)
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
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>> I think it would require much more precise tolerances, tooling, and QC for
>> every tape manufacturer. Instead, they build a failsafe into the machines,
>> charge a couple grand more, and you can throw any manufacturer's tape in
>> and expect it not to ruin your deck. I think magnetic tape manufacturing is
>> quite precise as is, but you can't figure that every manufacturer is going
>> to cut width to the strictest tolerance. The machine does the final cut, so
>> to speak, and even then, only if necessary.
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>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:07 AM, John Beck <jb30343@...> wrote:
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>>> Why wouldn't they just do this as part of the tape manufacturing
>>> process? --J.B.
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>>> Mark Spano wrote:
>>>> The slivers get collected by (if I remember correctly) a tape path pad.
>>>> We're talking about microns here, so it's more like fine hairs. I believe
>>>> there is a sensor that is also fine enough to detect a previously cut
>>>> tape's width. The tape path pad starts out white, and in routine
>>>> maintenance is the first thing to get replaced. The last Sony tech I
>>> worked
>>>> along side explained that the ruby cutter is many thousands of dollars,
>>> and
>>>> the tape path pad is a few bucks, and that few bucks replacement saves
>>>> potentially years of life on replacing other parts down the path.
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>>>> If you're familiar enough with the sounds of these decks, you can hear
>>> when
>>>> the tape path pad comes in contact with the guides, as it makes a
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>>>> click-and-whirr when it's engaged. I believe it's also connected to a
>>> head
>>>> pad which lightly cleans the back side of the rotating drum, so you'll
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>>>> this click-and-whirr sound repeatedly when there are a lot of tape
>>> errors.
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>>>> This is all information I gleaned from techs years ago, so it may be
>>>> slightly off from 100% accuracy. But the concepts are solid.
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