A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it (polite comments only please).

It's for those who think Omama will come kicking down their door, to take
their guns. Try wrapping some around your head a few times. I did, and he
hasn't pried my gun out of my hands.

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wrote:
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house
left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide
highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1.
The same code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box
is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some
sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder
it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my
memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a
permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost
looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used
regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with
it (polite comments only please).

" wrote:
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left
behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly
polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same
code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76.
Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording
tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my
memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a
permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks
like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens
from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it
(polite comments only please).

Metal tape is metal particles. Could be some kind of strip chart tape.
Pressure or electrical arc.

I got a small roll of stainless steel tape I used on bumpers or redo
aluminized plastic.

Greg

This is strictly a metal foil tape, no adhesive on either side. The idea of it being from some sort of recorder where a more permanent record is needed such as a black box from an airplane seems to be the most plausible solution so far.

Going to the suggested web sites seem to me to confirm it was a recording tape. The fact that it takes a permanent mark/indent bears out that it could be used as a non-destructible flight recorder. Thanks, Bob F for your links.

Bob Hofmann

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:18:36 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

It's probably duct tape, for heating and AC systems.

Offer it on Ebay, starting bid what you think
shipping might be, and list "free shipping". It's
not really free, but we all play the game.

.
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

On 8/24/2013 6:00 PM, wrote:
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former
owner of her house left behind several years ago.
Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished
aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1.
The same code is on the spool itself. A date hand
written on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part
number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording
tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder
it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider
than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This
tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if
you push on the surface. It almost looks like the
tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used
regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had
one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what
I could do with it (polite comments only please).

Nobody has asked the obvious question. Is it an adhesive backed tape?
Aluminum duct tape has pressure sensitive adhesive with a sacrificial
backing strip that gets stripped off before use. If it is NOT adhesive
backed, it could be instrument recording tape for something built by
helm instruments. - possibly using technology similar to the
"sonabelt" system. Non magnetic analog sound or data recording

I stated that it does not have any backing in response to someone's earlier posting

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:00:48 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same code is on the spool itself.

A plastic spool? Bigger than the roll? I would have thought it was
a roll of duct tape, or tape, for hot locations. There was a roll of
aluminum tape the first owner of this house left behind when I bought
it. The furnace guy used stuff just like it to tape up (for some
crazy reason) the air intake in the flue of my oil furnace. And
another tech used it to tape up the hole where he had put the stack
thermometer during adjusting.

Does it have a sticky side?

I see from google that they are still selling recording tape with this
number, but so far no picture or description, except
http://www.wbparts.com/rfq/5826-01-109-5092.html calls it foil,
recording, but no dimensions. Any chance this refers to the foil
taped onto recording tape to tell the machine when it's come to the
end of the tape, or some other location. . I'm pretty sure no one
uses aluminum tape now to actually record on. .

For electronic recording purposes I thought they went straight from
wire recording (on metal wire) to tape recording using vinyl or
polyethylene tape (with FeO2 coating, not visible to the consumer
(even with a magnet?)) The brown tape, on both sides.

A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

I had a lie detector test once. It was crap. They talk about people
who can fool the detector and get false negatives, but they don't talk
about jackass operators who report false positives. It was suggested
by my neurologist for medical reasons, just to do a running
measurement of my blood pressure, but the guy asked me if I wanted the
whole test and being curious, of course I said yes.

On the report, he lied several times about what I had said or he
removed all the context and changed the meaning. When he put my
words in quotes he didn't lie, but more than half of the things he
claimed I said weren't in quotes

And this was done by one of the leading guys at one of the leading
"lie" detector places in Chicago.

He fancied himself almost like a doctor. I was a teenager, and before
the test even started, he went out to the waiting room where my mother
was and told her, "Don't worry, Mrs. Misc07, we had a case like this
last week and it was all in his mind." It wasn't in my mind at
all. I had orthostatic hypotension, which just means I got light
headed if I stood up quickly, something at least 1/3 of Americans
have. I just have an strong version of it, and I can pass out long
enough to hit the floor, sometimes**, especially if I'm concentrating
or reading something difficult just before, especially in dim light.
It's related to the valsalva maneuver, except I don't do it on
purpose. I still would have episiodes except I've learned to spark
myself awake before I start to stand up. That only takes a
split-second.

**Falling to the floor and hitting my head on the floor has only
happened 3 times, but the first time was right in front of my mother,
when I was 13. I'm not surprised it scared her. It would have scared
me too if my kid did that. The GP and the first neurologist thought
it was epilepsy, but they should have known better. Epileptic fits
happen unpredicably, not when one intentionally stands up.

The lie detector guy was a jackass. Be sure to get a video/audio
recording of the whole session if you subject yourself to a so-called
"lie detector."

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it (polite comments only please).

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:27:36 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

This is strictly a metal foil tape, no adhesive on either side. The idea of it being from some sort of recorder where a more permanent record is needed such as a black box from an airplane seems to be the most plausible solution so far.

That does make sense. Fire would melt plastic tape.

On 8/24/2013 6:00 PM, wrote:
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it (polite comments only please).


Could this be the same?
http://www.tapebrothers.com/3-x-50-y...r-p/af20r3.htm

"micky" wrote in message

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:27:36 -0700 (PDT),
" wrote:

This is strictly a metal foil tape, no adhesive on
either side. The idea of it being from some sort of
recorder where a more permanent record is needed such
as a black box from an airplane seems to be the most
plausible solution so far.

That does make sense. Fire would melt plastic tape.

It will melt aluminum tape too.

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On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 08:06:35 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

"micky" wrote in message

On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:27:36 -0700 (PDT),
" wrote:

This is strictly a metal foil tape, no adhesive on
either side. The idea of it being from some sort of
recorder where a more permanent record is needed such
as a black box from an airplane seems to be the most
plausible solution so far.

That does make sense. Fire would melt plastic tape.

It will melt aluminum tape too.

We're talking about inside a black box.

The melting point of aluminum is 1220 °F and I've read that aluminum
foil does not melt in air before it bursts into flames. But are
black boxes filled with air or something else?

Even with air, you can put aluminum foil in the oven and set the overn
for 450 and the foil won't melt. What's the melting temp of plastic
recording tape? A lot lower.

I said before that the tape is pure foil, no adhesive on either side!

On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:42:59 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

I said before that the tape is pure foil, no adhesive on either side!

Flashing?

On 8/24/2013 9:33 PM, wrote:
Going to the suggested web sites seem to me to confirm it was a
recording tape. ...

I'd agree...did you confirm it _is_ non-magnetic? There were
hi-fidelity and instrumentation recorders using magnetic metallic tape
way back before the film/magnetic emulsion process.

--

Hmm. Does the tape have adhesive on it?

..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 8/25/2013 12:42 PM, wrote:
I said before that the tape is pure foil, no adhesive on either side!

On 8/25/2013 1:14 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:42:59 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

I said before that the tape is pure foil, no adhesive on either side!

Flashing?


wind it arount your hed to keep the CIA from
sending you radioactive rays and controlling your
mind, idito.

Now, I'm starting to wonder what it's former use....

..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 8/25/2013 2:02 PM, dpb wrote:
On 8/24/2013 9:33 PM, wrote:
Going to the suggested web sites seem to me to confirm it was a
recording tape. ...

I'd agree...did you confirm it _is_ non-magnetic? There were
hi-fidelity and instrumentation recorders using magnetic metallic tape
way back before the film/magnetic emulsion process.

--

On 8/24/2013 9:33 PM, wrote:
Going to the suggested web sites seem to me to confirm it was a

recording tape. ...

I'd agree...did you confirm it _is_ non-magnetic? There were
hi-fidelity and instrumentation recorders using magnetic metallic tape
way back before the film/magnetic emulsion process.

I held a magnetron magnet next to it while it was hanging on a string. There was no attraction, so I am assuming that it is a non-magnetic material. What we need is a 90 year old recording expert or someone with an aviation history background to confirm its usage.

Does it look like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape#Quad


wrote in message ...
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it (polite comments only please).

http://www.alicorp.com/015272629.nsn
NSN: 5835-01-527-2629
TAPE, SOUND RECORDING
Part No: 4024603-1
Mfr/OEM/Agencies: HELM INSTRUMENT COMPANY INC

Helm Instrument Co., Inc.
361 West Dussel Drive,
Maumee, Ohio 43537
Phone: 419.893.4356

http://www.helminstrument.com/


wrote in message ...
A neighbor is cleaning out some stuff the former owner of her house left behind several years ago. Included is a roll of 2 1/4" wide highly polished aluminum?? tape. The code on the box is 4024603-1. The same code is on the spool itself. A date handwritten on the box is 7/24/76. Googling the part number seems to indicate it is some sort of recording tape, but I can't figure out what kind of recorder it it would go on.

Reel to reel metal tapes of that era were no wider than 1/2", if my memory serves me correctly. This tape seems to take a permanentcrease/depression if you push on the surface. It almost looks like the tape in an old lie detector machine, but those used regular pens from what I have seen on TV(never had one myself).

Anyone have any ideas what it was used for, and what I could do with it (polite comments only please).

The tape is on a spool with a 1.5" diameter, so it is not long enough to be an audio/tv recording mechanism. Also it is a solid metal film, not tape. Someone said maybe a tape from a "black box" recorder. Since the impressions in the tape cannot be flattened out, this makes sense that it would survive a crash or a fire.