Gonna Make Me Some Custom Reel to Reels

[BoxBeats]

Sneak preview of what I have planned for some custom BoxBeats reel to reel cassette tapes. Waiting for my machine to cut these out (silhouette cameo) to arrive. Should be fun.

 

[Reli]

Make sure to install friction sheets. A lot of people forget to do that, and the tapes become really noisy.

 

[BoxBeats]

Make sure to install friction sheets. A lot of people forget to do that, and the tapes become really noisy.

Thank you - I just cut the reels with the plotter, pretty darn cool. I used a transparent film paper for the reels and spray painted them metallic silver. I’ll be putting them together tomorrow so I’ll post the results.

 

[BoxBeats]

Here is how my custom BoxBeats reel to reels turned out. Metallic Silver and Black. Learned a lot, Gold is next and some other versions with different hole patterns.

 

[BoxBeats]

Followed this YouTube video and used a cutting plotter (silhouette cameo) and Adobe Illustrator to make the reels:

 

[BoxBeats]

Here is some gold reels in different patterns with no logos:

 

[Brutus442]

Fantastic work! Those gold circular cutouts remind me of the Lamborghini Countach's gold wheels.....very 80's!

 

[BoxBeats]

Fantastic work! Those gold circular cutouts remind me of the Lamborghini Countach's gold wheels.....very 80's!View attachment 55825

Thanks! I'm also trying 3D printing the reels to see if the reel works with the cassette.