Re: [ARSCLIST] Record flattening

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I wouldn't bake tapes in an electric oven, even one with consistent and reliable temp like my 
trusty GE. Tapes should go in an incubator, a very reliable convection oven or a food dehydrator, 
which is my weapon of choice.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record flattening


> If you do restoration work, you could use the same oven for baking tapes and flattening records.
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
> > Ya know, I was going to say that. Does that work with 78's??? I know it works with LPs because 
> > I've done it. Two thick pieces of plate glass and the oven on Warm (about 130 degrees in my 
> > mid-70's GE ovens). Electric ovens, of course!
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record flattening
> >
> >
> > > It's audiophool stuff.  You can do the same thing with two pieces of glass and an oven.