CassetteMaster | Lloyd's Rim-Drive Reel to Reel Portable Tape Recorder @CassetteMaster | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Technically, I already made a video presentation on YouTube. It was a horribly-shot with overly-bright, horrible FPS webcam video back in 2007. And although this also had quick showings in a couple of "Ode" videos, dedication to Rim-Drive Tape Recorders, paying honour to them, I am doing a more modern full, and HD presentation on this LLOYD'S unit.
I got this machine back in around 2004 (though I first saw this machine as far back as 2001 or 2002), but did not have 3-inch reels at the time. Not until 2006 did I get my first of my own (not borrowed, as with a borrowed National RQ-300S in 2001 or 2002) 3-inch reels. Finally, in October 2006 I replaced one leaky capacitor and got the unit successfully recording. I had a lot of fun with this unit back then. I had another portable at the time, a Webcor EP-2104 "Microcorder II", but it failed to record, and I would not have that one successfully repaired until several attempts later in August 2012.
This Lloyd's is rim-drive, 4-transistor, and DC bias, DC erase. Audio quality is not fantastic, but is better than a lot of other rim-drive machines. If levels are set carefully, the audio quality can be quite acceptable for voice recordings with a DYNAMIC microphone. Even music can be recorded on it, albeit with slight speed variations thanks to the rim-drive and the not-speed-regulated DC motor.
On this Lloyd's (possibly manufactured by COPAL...), I went ahead and glued some broken plastic, that was already broken when I got it so many years ago.
I have another machine that awaits a presentation, a more "high-end" rim-drive machine, but I have to iron out high-pitch whining noise during recording, that I "fixed" after recapping, only to have the problem rear its ugly head again several days later... Well, it's fixed now.
Technically, I already made a video presentation on YouTube. It was a horribly-shot with overly-bright, horrible FPS webcam video back in 2007. And although this also had quick showings in a couple of "Ode" videos, dedication to Rim-Drive Tape Recorders, paying honour to them, I am doing a more modern full, and HD presentation on this LLOYD'S unit.
I got this machine back in around 2004 (though I first saw this machine as far back as 2001 or 2002), but did not have 3-inch reels at the time. Not until 2006 did I get my first of my own (not borrowed, as with a borrowed National RQ-300S in 2001 or 2002) 3-inch reels. Finally, in October 2006 I replaced one leaky capacitor and got the unit successfully recording. I had a lot of fun with this unit back then. I had another portable at the time, a Webcor EP-2104 "Microcorder II", but it failed to record, and I would not have that one successfully repaired until several attempts later in August 2012.
This Lloyd's is rim-drive, 4-transistor, and DC bias, DC erase. Audio quality is not fantastic, but is better than a lot of other rim-drive machines. If levels are set carefully, the audio quality can be quite acceptable for voice recordings with a DYNAMIC microphone. Even music can be recorded on it, albeit with slight speed variations thanks to the rim-drive and the not-speed-regulated DC motor.
On this Lloyd's (possibly manufactured by COPAL...), I went ahead and glued some broken plastic, that was already broken when I got it so many years ago.
I have another machine that awaits a presentation, a more "high-end" rim-drive machine, but I have to iron out high-pitch whining noise during recording, that I "fixed" after recapping, only to have the problem rear its ugly head again several days later... Well, it's fixed now.
![The Desk Revisited 3 But Wait Theres More [Mechanical Pencils]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K9SaFP0p6jk/hqdefault.jpg "The Desk Revisited 3 But Wait Theres More [Mechanical Pencils]
Again, presented at the old desk (at this particular desk for the first time in THREE YEARS (let that sink in a bit)), are some moar MECHANICAL PENCILS.
Diggit.
Deg.
More pencils, such as the Pentel GRAPH GEAR 1000 in all FIVE lead sizes, ranging from 0.3mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.7mm, and 0.9mm lead.
Other pencils are shown, such as the Retro 1951 Tornado, the Pentel AM13, Bic Great Erase, and other various mechanical pencils and multi-pens (as long as they include a MECHANICAL PENCIL).
This video included audio through experimenting of different microphones. Mono audio.
You dig?")
