Extremely obsolete tech accessories required

[major_clanger]

Does anyone have any spare 7" diameter take-up reels for 1/4" audio tape? They would look something like this, and as the description suggests would be about 7 inches (18 cm) across and a quarter of an inch (6 mm) between the sides of the reel.

(Yes, I've extracted the old BSFA tape library and a reel-to-reel player from storage, but I can't seem to find the empty take-up reel I had. I do of course have about a hundred full reels, but I can't do much with them until I have an empty one to spool on to...)

EDIT Ah, found some. Four suspiciously light tape archive boxes proved to have spare reels in them. Crisis over!

Comments

[timill]

Maybe. I've just junked my 4000DS and the spool may have gone with it.

[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

Somewhere it is written that as soon as you finally throw something away, a use for it will materialise.

[were-gopher.livejournal.com]

Think we've junked all ours but there's one on ebay for a fiver.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-7-EMPTY-REEL-TO-REEL-TAPE-RECORDER-SPOOL_W0QQitemZ230289318989QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230289318989&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

I was going to say, perhaps I have something, but then I remembered that it's my reel-to-reel recorder that you've got.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

And now I've managed to find them - but thanks anyway!