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For Experimenters - Determining Weak side of Shaft
Warning: The following is meant for experimenters.
Note: The following in no way is meant to say or even imply "this is how it should be done".
Also: Apology in advance to Physicists if the wrong terms are used. My major was all binary, as in "1s" & "0s".
In another thread I suggested an alternative method to using the traditional (and
) method of using a Spine Tester to determine the weak side (vs. strong side) of arrow shaft. The suggestion grew out of reading some information dealing with the issues of Arrow Tuning. Specifically that Spine Testing is static in nature, whereas an arrow upon release undergoes dynamic forces.
Traditional Spine Testing determines the weak side of an arrow shaft based on downward forced (say 5#s) placed near the middle of an arrow shaft with upward (opposing) forces at each end of the shaft. The weak side is then divined by rotating the shaft to find the maximum downward shaft deflection with something like a Dial-Caliper.
The issue is, Spine Testing is using what would be side forces (pointy-end, middle, and knock-end) on an arrow when it is being released. However, for the most part there is very little side forces. The majority of force is the string shoving the arrow shaft forward, trying to overcome the mass of the arrow that is resisting (pushing backwards).
This led to the idea of gradually applying force (granted still static force) to the ends (pointy-end and knock-end) until the arrow shaft, near the middle, bent in any direction. With the arrow shaft side outwardly bowed indicating what would be the weak side of the arrow shaft as it experiences the force of being released.
An initial, quick & dirty testing using a standard bar-clamp to apply end forces was disappointing in that the arrow shafts did not consistently bend towards the same side. But like any such test, things are not ideal, and other things are learned.
Another round of testing was done using a higher-quality (read more expensive) bar-clamp that had flat jaws that stayed 90-degrees to the bar (flat thick rail) and did not deflect side-ways. The use of this 90-degree jaw bar clamp produced consistent (aka repeatable) results as to indicating what may be the weak-side of arrow shafts, as flung.
Further refinement was made by changing the field-point from a very sharp point to a small rounded end. The same was done with the arrow knock which originally was made very pointed.
Additionally, a new method was used to determine the most outwardly bowed arrow shaft side. Which involved, repeating the bending, while rotating the shaft till it always went directly up (180 degrees from the bar clamp's flat rail). I know this sounds time consuming, but it actually goes quickly.
Overall, this new end-to-end force method produced very consistent results that compared favorable too the previous marks that indicated the weak-side. However, here in lies the issue.
The results were utterly different from those done via a home-built (do it yourself) Spine Tester. The results varied from being off by roughly 90 degrees to nearly a full 180 degrees.
I need to state, my results are by no means definitive. There very could well be issues with accurately finding the weak side of an arrow shaft with my home-built spine tester, that would/will be shown out by a Professional model Spine Tester. Anyway...
All of this experimenting and testing has led me to ponder if the only way to really find the weak side of arrow shaft is to find it by firing the arrow and capturing the event with an accurately timed flash photograph (digital image).
If there are any experimenters out there who happen, just happen to have a high-speed camera - Could you try capturing a few TAC-15 arrow shots with the arrow marked to where one could possibly see if the arrow bends to the weak-side as indicated by a traditional Pro Spine Tester? (
Thanks in advance.
In the mean time, I plan (attempt) to see if I can rig up a cheap camera and flash, to be triggered just as the arrow starts to move forward. And hopefully detect the weak-side of several arrows based on captured images. At issue is the aforementioned "cheap camera" which as of yet does not have a remote shutter-release, and then the issue of building a sensor/circuit to trigger the flash as the arrows start forward.
That is all for now...
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The results were utterly different from those done via a home-built (do it yourself) Spine Tester. The results varied from being off by roughly 90 degrees to nearly a full 180 degrees.
Time to fess up, I goofed.
1) I was marking the strong side, not the weak. Thus the arrow with 180 degrees, was almost spot on (aka I got lucky with that arrow shaft).
2) As for the two with roughly 90 degrees, those turned out to be a combination of three problems: a) A case of not making the marks accurately, b) along with bad estimation on my part as to the difference in positions, and c) issues with using the home-built Spine Tester.
Credit goes to Dorge's Fletching Jig for helping to sort this out. All it took was putting the arrows in the jig with it set to 0-degrees and rotating the arrows to align their Spine Tester made marks with part of the Jig. Then setting the Jig to 180-degrees, and comparing the marks made via bar-clamp to same part on the Jig.
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There very could well be issues with accurately finding the weak side of an arrow shaft with my home-built spine tester,
When at first you don't succeed, try again. There was indeed problems with using the home-built spine tester, besides the issue of making accurate marks. Two issues stood out.
1) I could get better results by looking for side of the shaft that most resisted bending (strong-side) from the hanging weights.
Not sure why.
2) The alignment (aka positioning to Top Dead Center) of the Dial Gauge to measure the arrow shaft's deflection took more care than I had realized. Along with using a different Tip on the end of the Dial Gauge.
One other thing I noticed was the arrow shafts did not always seem to deflect the same amount when rotated to find the least vs. most amount of arrow shaft deflection. The Dial Gauge itself may be part of the problem in that it takes a slight amount of force to move the needle. Perhaps due to its age and the mechanical workings. Likewise, once an arrow is bent, it does not take much force to slightly change the amount the arrow shaft deflects.
With all that said, it looks like using a bar-clamp to detect the weak-side of arrow does correlate with using a Spine-Tester. (Yeah !)
Based on the two methods, and without having used a Professional Spine-Tester, the Bar-Clamp methods seems to be easier and more accurate in finding the weak-side of an arrow-shaft.
Still the proof lies in consistent arrow placement when using different arrows.
In the prior post, I mentioned the real determination on arrow shaft bending would be to image what happens when an arrow is released from a TAC-15.
Still working on that.
The El-Cheapo camera I have responds to slowly to an external remote switch to capture an arrow upon release. Even setting the camera to manual everything, which also eliminates focus time, does not help. Thus leading to using an external flash coupled to optic trigger to capture the arrow shaft's dynamics just as it is released.
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Fine testing and analysis. Seems your trial and error method is getting your some results, even if they were not what you were thinking to start with.
I am waiting on more TAC shafts to begin testing more myself. I have modified my RAM arrow tester to me more accurate and will be putting that to the test in the next couple of days when I pick up my parts.
Dorge has told me as well as others that a RAM tester or any spine tester will not work on the TAC shafts because the TAC shaft is tapered inside, making the spine different from front to back of the shaft. In other words, the spine for the first 1/4 of the shaft might be 80, then next 1/4 might be 100, then next 1/4 might be 120 and the tail end might be 140 spine. Put that on the spine tester and the machine might show you 140 each time, but only because you have the arrow suspended from 80 to 140. It will flex as much as the weakest spine, I would think.
It will still work to a certain degree, but not with the perfection you might get from testing a standard shaft. The bar clamp tester is a superb idea. But as you have mentioned, a high speed camera would tell all.
We may have to stand back and design a new type of spine tester to accommodate these new shafts with multiple spines. I think you are on the right track and I appreciate the work you are doing.
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Dorge has told me as well as others that a RAM tester or any spine tester will not work on the TAC shafts because the TAC shaft is tapered inside, making the spine different from front to back of the shaft.
Does fit with what I have seen with the TAC shafts not bending the most in the center of the shaft, but closer to one end. When I get back home, I will have to see if I can measure the bending point with respect to front to back.
You do realize this (flex point) may add yet another variable to getting a group of consistent arrows...
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Super 91/OkieBowie, I've been following this thread and have what may be a silly question or it might be a question that has no good answer.
From your discussion it appears the Tac 15 arrows have multiple spines due to the way they are constructed (tapered thin at each end, thicker in in the middle, i.e. a sort of reverse coke bottle shape). This shape (or taper) evidently makes the spine different (or variable) from front to back.
If you look at the end of the arrow you have a circle of 360 degrees. Say 0 degrees is up and the spine of the front section is along this angle. My question is......will the spine of each section of the arrow be located at the same angle along the length of the shaft? I.E. could the front section be at 0 degrees, the thicker middle section be at some other angle, say 60 degrees from the 0 degree spine of the front section and then the rear section be at some other angle, say 130 degrees from the 0 degree spine of the front section?
If there is three or four different spines along the length of the shaft that are not in line with each other, could we ever expect to attain the same point of impact with a group (say a dozen) arrows?
I may be out in left field with this question!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Okiebowie,
If nothing else I have to hand it to you for your innovative thinking and your ability to construct homemade ways of doing different types of testing. You are by your own descriptions a true tinker which is what makes many of us engineering types similar. We believe that by closely examining almost anything, you can determine what makes it tick and then you can come up with a way to reconstruct it to perform better.
That said, today's Spine Testers are not built to identify the weak side of an arrow shaft. They are designed to first measure an arrows spine, then measure total spine deflection (which is the total shaft flexation from the shafts stiffest point through the softest point), lastly, they allow a person to accurately mark the exact stiff side or weak side of the arrows spine.
In relation to the newest generation of tapered arrow shafts, that is where are industry is definitely heading, but we also need to remember how and why an arrow goes through a deflection timing cycle. This is not static compression, but rather dynamic compression as the arrow is launched from its string or cable. I like the example of placing a 100 pound bowstring on one end and a bowling ball on the other end of the arrow. Where is the arrow shaft going to flex the most. Well, on a uniform arrow shaft, that will always be in the shafts exact center, but on a tapered shaft where different thicknesses are involved, it either moves the flex point slightly forward or slightly backward of exact center. It does not change where the stiff point or weak side of the shaft is located around an arrows circumference and we don't care so much where the stiff or weak side is along the arrows length, since we are matching each arrows deflection cycle close to its center since that's where the timing cycle that creates an archers paradox takes place.
More than anything else in the archery industry every manufacturer understands the need for greater accuracy through more consistency. They are not in the business of creating and manufacturing arrows that can not be matched in Spine, Deflection and Weight. These three elements are the corner posts of accuracy regardless if you are talking about arrows, spears, darts or anything else that shoots.
Remember that Easton Archery had 5 major manufacturing plants around the world and used a very expensive Spine Testing Meter in each plant to testing and sorting there arrow shafts for many years. They had an engineer that was assigned to install and calibrate these testers and maintain a very high standard of accuracy at each of there facilities. Manufactures don't make arrow shafts blindly. If they're making them, they have the tools to test them to insure they're getting the results they want.
They are not in the business of providing us with custom matched shafts other than to insure the Spine of the arrow is in the correct shaft range they are advertising, such as a .250 spine or a .350 spine. to get beyond that, it becomes our headache and the spine deflection meter is the only tool we have that is capable of performing the job to an acceptable degree. I repeat, an acceptable degree, since even the RAM Carbon Spine Testers require some minor modifications before they will operate smoothly. The meter head in the old Easton Spine Testers had much better bearings and sold for over $800. for just the head. The complete tester sold for over $1200. It's hard to compare that with a whole Spine Tester like the RAM that sells for under $300. As the saying goes, "you get what you pay for". The RAM can easily be improved, but I'll leave that issue to Super 91, since he's already completed those mod's and can provide more detail if anyone is interested in the details.
For the average TAC15 shooter, if you did nothing more than have your Spine Tested to mark the stiff side of your spines and then aligned your nocks so that the stiff sides were all in the same alignment to your nocks, you would improve your accuracy from arrow to arrow by a huge margin. If you then worked with a grain scale to match the arrow weights to with 1/10th of a grain (+ or - .3 grains), you would increase accuracy by 80 to 90 per cent.
We already know that within a year from now the technology used to custom fletch and build arrows will change once again. There are new vanes and new bonding methods under development that will likely have a major change on performance and the way we do things today. I'm not here to steal anybody's thunder or talk about the latest innovations, I'm just stating that the information provided in these forums is based upon the latest technology and information that's available to most of us today.
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My first Christmas as a Catholic followed swiftly on the heels of my conversion, and I was already arranging flights for interviews for my California job before the season was over, so, this year, I've appreciated getting to experience more of the feasts that come thick and fast after December 25th. This past Monday was the Feast of the Epiphany which celebrates the revelation of God as Man and whose readings focus on the visitation by the Magi. Naturally, at Mass, we sang "We Three Kings," w … [Read more...]
The Lingering Sensations of Epiphany
Missing the Cues for My Amens
For Catholics, the Christmas season is still ongoing (up until January 12th, the Feast of Christ's Baptism), so the days have been peppered with more feasts and solemnities than I've had time to write about. But one holiday I particularly enjoyed was the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, which falls on New Year's Day.A group of Catholic friends and I went to the Dominican House of Studies on New Year's Eve for an hour of Adoration (prayer in front of the Eucharist), followed by a vigil … [Read more...]
The Wicked Fairy at the Manger
During Christmas, I got one present for myself: U.A. Fanthorpe's Christmas Poems. Fanthorpe is a poet, and every year she writes a poem to send out with her Christmas card. This book is a collection of her annual poems to date. I picked up the book after a friend read me a couple from her copy. And one of them seemed very appropriate for today, the Feast of the Holy Innocents. The Wicked Fairy at the Manger My gift for the child: No wife, kids, home … [Read more...]
After a Year with Pope Francis
Time, The Advocate, and The New Yorker are just the latest publications to find Pope Francis front-page worthy news and the symbol of a spiritual year in review. Meanwhile, I've gotten an email from a friend who wants a recommendation for a Pope Francis book for a relative who is unexpectedly excited about Catholicism again, and I see non-Catholic friends sharing interview excerpts and photos, talking about the first pope they've liked.And, the whole time, I've felt a little odd about not be … [Read more...]
Pope Francis and the Mendicant Christ
Pope Francis gave an interview to La Stampa, and, all caveats about translation aside, these two questions and responses caught my eye: What does Christmas say to people today?"It speaks of tenderness and hope. When God meets us he tells us two things. The first thing he says is: have hope. God always opens doors, he never closes them. He is the father who opens doors for us. The second thing he says is: don't be afraid of tenderness. When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they bec … [Read more...]
A Season Worth Waiting For
The Catholic year is divided up into liturgical seasons, and, yesterday, Advent began. Advent is, for Catholics, a small version of Lent. It precedes Christmas, as Lent does Easter, and is a season of waiting and preparing through fasting and reflection. We are waiting for Christmas, but also the second coming of Christ, His two inbreakings into the world are paired in this season.It's also a very nice excuse for not putting up Christmas decorations or for complaining about overplayed ca … [Read more...]
Let there be shame and confusion
A few days ago, I was praying the Midday Prayer of the Divine Office, and I was struck by the juxtaposition of two of the psalms slated for that day (Wednesday, 31st week of ordinary time). First there was this part of Psalm 70: O God, make haste to my rescue, Lord, come to my aid! Let there be shame and confusion on those who seek my life.O let them turn back in confusion, who delight in my harm, let them retreat, covered with shame, who jeer at my lot. Which was shortly followed … [Read more...]


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Chelsea were much improved against their habitual tormentors, yet still not quite good enough. Arsenal, behind when Jens Lehmann's error let Eidur Gudjohnsen score, recovered with a handsome Robert Pires goal and will expect to advance from the second leg of this Champions League quarter-final on April 6.
Their cause is aided by the suspension of Marcel Desailly, who was sent off in the 84th minute after a second booking. Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez had only just cautioned him for a foolish challenge on Lehmann and had no option but to flash another yellow card when he brought down Patrick Vieira. This, otherwise, had been a fairly rational affair.
Though it was Chelsea's 17th successive match against Arsenal without a win, they have at least learned from all that dismal experience. Claude Makelele gave an outstanding display of his craft and their sharp interceptions and discipline prevented Arsenal from attaining familiar fluency.
The rewards are meagre. Perhaps it is an indication of the stature Arsène Wenger's team now enjoy that there could be a notion that they had been checked when, in truth, they had extracted another highly satisfactory result. Worried hectoring left the manager hoarse but the period of great danger for Arsenal was confined to a fairly brief passage at the start of the second half when Gudjohnsen might not have been the sole scorer.
Although Chelsea were enterprising then, they never wholly forgot to be judicious. Wenger's harping on the very British character of this occasion could well have been regarded as a confidence trick. Maybe he hoped to fool Chelsea into adopting the headstrong Premiership attitude which would stretch the game out to Arsenal's liking.
Claudio Ranieri is too experienced a manager to fall for such a ploy and selected a line-up of conservative tenor. With Scott Parker on the right and the security guard Makelele reinstated beside Frank Lampard, Damien Duff was the one concession to adventurousness in midfield.
Before the interval there was anticipation rather than unfettered excitement in the crowd, which bellowed its love of the beleaguered Ranieri. Moves were never quite completed. When Makelele pitched a ball through to the left of the penalty area, Parker could not steer his cut-back away from Lehmann in the 27th minute.
Arsenal's best chance of the first half arose in the 10th minute when Pires curled an inswinging free-kick and Sol Campbell, stretching, put a downward header marginally off target. On the whole the visitors were contained.
The accent on defence is one factor that has persuaded Chelsea to replace Ranieri this summer but he knows caution is of advantage to the team, if not to his personal benefit. The back four is the department that has functioned best under him, rolling out clean sheets in the previous five Champions League fixtures. Ranieri got his details correct and by continuing to use the swift William Gallas at right-back he ensured Thierry Henry, who loves to run on that wing, had a subdued evening.
Chelsea at half-time were satisfied. Lampard had prevented Vieira from becoming an overwhelming presence and the versatile Parker was productive. The latter picked out Gallas when a corner was half-cleared and Gudjohnsen's volley from the Frenchman's deep cross was blocked in the goalmouth after 37 minutes.
Better was to come. Makelele prevented an Arsenal break-out and fed Lampard for an attempt which deflected off Campbell and bobbled past the post. Suddenly the balance of power had tipped.
A ball fired down the left appeared to present few problems in the 53rd minute as Lehmann came out of his area but the goalkeeper was unduly composed, not appreciating how quickly Gudjohnsen was peeling away from the middle and hurtling towards him. The Icelander blocked the clearance and deserved the luck of the ball rebounding in front of him. From an angle he steered his shot into a vacant goal.
Even so Chelsea could not enjoy an utterly carefree moment, aware that an opening goal for them had paved the way to 2-1 defeats by Arsenal in the FA Cup and Premiership last month, and they must wish they had been able to extend the lead here.
They almost did so when Adrian Mutu flipped the ball back and Lehmann had to block both Lampard's shot and Duff's effort on the follow-up. It was the visitors, though, who were to score, with a trademark flexibility.
The ball was manoeuvred from right to left by Edu and Vieira before Ashley Cole aimed the fine cross from which Pires, an unlikely presence to be ghosting in front of John Terry at the near post, glided home an impeccable header. There was deadlock once more but this time it took an entrancing form that promises a compelling return match.


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Was it because the tweet forced some on the right to Google "aaron burr" and "Alexander Hamilton" to see what I meant?
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aaron burr and Richard Cheney (Spiro Agnew's peccadilloes are miniscule in comparison), some two centuries apart.
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His friendship for aaron burr came very near involving him in serious difficulties.
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The double-porticoed house where aaron burr died is not far from here.
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Unfortunately, we were at the tip of the spear in the drive to design a sealed plastic tank. Every car ends up with one part that is its weak spot, it's Achiles heel. The ET will be that part for our car.
The problem with this thing is that it is so devilishly complicated inside. The fact that they had to assemble parts inside of there should have pushed towards an aliminum canister, but there was probably a management directive that it be made out of plastic. See my other post where I mention a sealant vendor that oversold their products capabilities. If they worked their way into upper management, possibly eating the labor costs themselves to get the chance to use their bonding process, then engineering may have had no chance.
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A Congressional Candidate Mailed Out Fliers That Accidentally Featured a Giant Horse Dong [Photo]
Republican congressman's mailer features horse with large erection. http://t.co/lbbvexzn2O pic.twitter.com/hQPtbR0Q6P
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Gary Kiehne is a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona. And he just sent out a bunch of fliers with the standard talking points . . . "Washington is broken" . . . "smaller government" . . . "repeal Obamacare" . . . stuff like that.
There's also a photo of him on a ranch in a cowboy hat, talking with two other guys in cowboy hats next to a pick-up truck.
What he DIDN'T notice was the photo accidentally features a horse with MASSIVE JUNK.
Seriously. There are three horses in the background eating near a corral, and you can see a GIANT HORSE DONG on one of them. It COULD be something else BEHIND the horse, so it just LOOKS like horse dong . . . but we're going with horse dong.
We don't know how many of these fliers Gary sent out . . . but hey, at least they're getting some attention.
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COLUMBUS - On a whim, Danica Tisdale entered the Miss Atlanta pageant last year and won.
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Now, she's part of history as the first black contestant to be crowned Miss Georgia.
''It's an honor for me to have that distinction,'' said Tisdale, 24. ''I'm hoping to serve as a mentor and role model to black women, but also to women of all ethnicities.''
During Saturday night's final competition at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Tisdale belted the high notes without flaws in her bluesy rendition of ''Send Me Someone to Love.''
''I've never really sang in public before I entered Miss Georgia,'' she said. ''I've been singing ever since I was a little girl, but nothing like last night.''
The Delaware native earned an undergraduate degree in English at Spelman College in Atlanta. Tisdale received her masters at Temple University in Philadelphia and is working toward her doctorate at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Teachers in London will strike next month in protest at Education Secretary Michael Gove's school reforms.
Representing nine in 10 teachers, the NASUWT and NUT unions announced a planned walkout on October 17 and a rally, saying Mr Gove has refused to "genuinely engage" with them. Other strikes are also due next month across the rest of the country, while plans are in place for a one-day national strike before the end of the new term.
From autumn, teachers' pay will be linked to classroom performance, with schools setting salaries rather than following a national framework. Changes have also been made to public sector pensions. The Government has condemned the rolling campaign of walkouts, calling it disruptive for pupils. Union leaders said teachers are "angry, frustrated and concerned".
Maths and physics graduates could be offered an extra £5,000 in bursaries to attract them into teaching, after Mr Gove said more needs to be done to fill teacher vacancies in the subjects.
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Joffrey Lupul scored the game-winning goal with just under 13 minutes to play and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Saturday night.
Lupul intercepted a pass behind the net and flicked the puck over goaltender Jimmy Howard to lift Toronto to its third straight victory and blunt Detroit's comeback.
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist and captain Dion Phaneuf and Dave Steckel also tallied for the Maple Leafs, who blew a 3-0 lead but improved to 15-0-0 when leading after two periods.
Jonas Gustavsson turned aside 37 shots to win his third consecutive start for Toronto, which was outshot 40-18.
The Red Wings received second-period goals from veteran Todd Bertuzzi and Niklas Kronwall before drawing even on Jiri Hudler's goal at 4:32 of the third period.
The Maple Leafs jumped on the Red Wings and surged to a 3-0 lead in the first 11 1/2 minutes of the game.
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Phaneuf doubled the advantage on the power play, intercepting a clearing pass and ripping a blistering shot past Howard, who was denied his 100th victory.
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Target: South African National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Sandile Oliver Nxasana
Goal: Applaud South Africa's efforts to curb poaching through harsh sentencing
South Africa is home to 70 percent of the world's rhinoceros population and is the stage of a bloody war on poaching. In 2013, a record 1,004 rhinos were killed in South Africa, and as of July 2014, Kruger National Park alone has seen 370 deaths. Thankfully, the South African courts have found a likely deterrent in the form of severe sentencing for poachers.
Over the past few years, rhino poaching has increased despite heroic efforts by park rangers. The threatening trend is clear in a steady increase in deaths, from 333 in 2010 to 1,004 in 2013. The animals are killed for their horns, which some believe to have medicinal properties despite a complete lack of evidence to support such claims. In fact, the horns are made mostly of keratin, a protein found in fingernails.
In an effort to stem the heavy increase of poaching, South African courts have begun doling out some of the most severe sentencing to poachers. Mandla Chauke was arrested in Kruger National Park in 2011 after he and two companions shot three rhinos before engaging in a firefight with park rangers who shot and killed one of the poachers. In 2014, Chauke was sentenced to 77 years imprisonment for multiple offenses, including illegal hunting, murder, trespassing and illegal firearms possession. In 2012, a Thai national was sentenced to 40 years for selling the illegal horns, and in 2013 two Mozambicans received 16 years for killing a rhino and stealing its horn.
Much more needs to be done to protect rhinoceroses from poaching, but the efforts of the South African courts show true promise, warning poachers of the price they could pay for killing these threatened animals. Applaud the strict sentencing of rhino poachers.
Dear Mr. Nxasana,
South Africa has seen a steady increase in rhinoceros poaching in the past few years, with a record 1,004 killings in 2013 alone. Park rangers risk their lives to save these threatened creatures from poachers who are heavily armed and difficult to track. Keeping poachers out altogether is not a viable option due to inadequate funding and a colossal amount of land to cover. The only viable solution is to deter poachers from entering these national parks and refuges by making the punishment serious enough to negate the risk—which is exactly what South African courts aim to do.
I support the severe sentencing of rhinoceros poachers in South Africa and applaud the courts' clear stance against these senseless killings.
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Found something intersting today, do a search for "Solvent Trap Adaptor" on e-bay. You will see an interesting device for cleaning your gun.
Well I suppose it would keep the solvent off the carpet when your cleaning the bore.... but I suspect you may got to jail if you have one of these.
Seems easy enough to make one, but its got to be illegal.
Well illegal without a tax stamp anyways...
Last edited by bentwrench; 11-28-2012 at 05:31 PM.
Honestly, I have my doubts here. It would be interesting to know how many percents of the decibels would be silenced. Measuring is knowing. Just curious.
Have seen youtube videos and the silencer is efficient enough that you can hear the guns slide action over the report . I think the serial number goes on the filter if you pay the tax stamp. If you don't pay the stamp they can't arrest you for having a new oil filter and the adapter, but get caught with a carboned up oil filter and adapter that may be a different story.
Though he has no mention of the NFA or the fact that installing this is ILLEGAL. Not to mention e-bays crappy fire arms policies probaly don't allow these...
Where would you put the serial number on a pillow?
A very wise man once said a computer is an idiot with a million fingers to count on. Looks like government's the same.
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i disagree with your opinion.
the adapter can be used for several legal applications, it is only when there is an actual silencing device on it, is the ASSEMBLY under batf tax stamp control...i can mount a flash suppresor no stamp, a muzzle brake no tax stamp..on my cleaning bench a soda bottle to catch patches with..no tax stamp......go look at real suppressor sites..they sell ADAPTERS with no stamps.....
mike in co
owner builder of the 91/12 mn sniper rifle
following your train of thought..a threaded bbl would be a silencer...sorry..you got it wrong...
there are lots of adapters out there and lots of threaded bbls...all have the potential..but until the potential becames real life no batfe.......
might is a big word..as in might not also...
mike in co
owner builder of the 91/12 mn sniper rifle
So you not only an expert gunsmith but an attorney as well, versed on the intricacies, vagaries and complexities of the NFA and the regulations promulgated by the BATF?
I'm sorry to say, that as seems to be your custom, you are simply talking out of your ass. With every post your sentences are filled with definitives and absolutes. You speak with the conviction of a man who knows that he knows all. You surely have the peace of a doubtless mind.
It may be annoying when you proclaim your foolproof knowledge and expertise on subjects such as your cutting-edge, tier one sniper rifle project, but it's harmless fun to all (except perhaps the rifles being used in your experiments).
But when you speak so definitively, so forcefully, on a subject so resistant to clarity as the regulations concerning suppressors and the concepts of constructive possession, you are endangering anyone who follows your lead. Legal experts in the field would never dream of speaking in such black and white terms on a subject so immutably gray. But then again, it's often the case that fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
The subject is simply not as simple as you insist it to be. Especially given the countless bureaucratic and prosecutorial parties involved in any number of different jurisdictions. I wish it were not the case, but federal regulations seldom lend themselves to a simple, rational or objective analysis. It's less a science than an art. A prosody wherein the metre of the regulations seems more subject to the ever-changing interpreter instead of the faceless scribes who wrote those regulations years ago.
Whenever I deal with the CFR I always recall the passage from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass:"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to meanneither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master-that's all."
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. "They've a temper, some of themparticularly verbs, they're the proudestadjectives you can do anything with, but not verbshowever, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"
Purists of the world, unite!If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
― Samuel Adams
you too have just repeated why i ignore you....
lets see
you are from new york
you like cfr like it runs the world....
and your name is dick
that should be three clues for most to ignore you patterings...
go back to the collectors forum where your behavior is considered normal...
try looking at the real world.......
while i have spent many hours going over various parts of cfr...i specialized in banking, money, irs and nuclear power...it is not unknown territiory for me.
its been BATFE for some time now.
and yes i have some background in the world of suppressors.
i have won aprox half of my cases....but my friends are glad that i never lowered myself to be an actual lawyer.
oh and yes per management, i do respect your opinions, even when they are wrong as they often are.
as with many, you ASSume too much.
mike in co
owner builder of the 91/12 mn sniper rifle
richard, bent and all,
if you do some research you will find some very interesting info/mis-info.
one company sells BOTH a registerable suppressor with a removable expansion chamber( oil filter) and a SOLVENT TRAP adapter.
owning a car, would seem to cover owning an oil filter.
owing an oil filter with an extra hole in it would be hard to explain.
while they seem to work ON A HANDGUN, the 5.45x39 seemed loud, and...thier large diameter is detrimental to AIMING....
common oil filter thread size is 3/4-16........in case you feel like making a solvent trap for cleaning your guns.
all ya'all have a good day
mike in co
owner builder of the 91/12 mn sniper rifle
I was wrong. I admit it. I made an assumption about you based on what you had written in the past. But after your latest disclosures, I see that I misjudged you.
From reading all your posts and learning about your adventures as a sniper, I began to believe that I knew who you are. I realized that you really are a most interesting man.
But now I learn that you are not only a master sniper/pretend lawyer who routinely shoots .5 MOA groups with your homemade 91/12 mn sniper rifle and wins almost half of your cases, but you are alsoNuclear power.specialized in banking, money, irs and nuclear power
I read those words slowly as my blood chilled at the thought of who I had angered. A man who specializes in nuclear power is not to be taken lightly.
I now know who you are and I will not cross you again Michael.
Or should I say Dr. Evil?
Seriously, all good fun aside, I am going to try very hard to avoid wasting any more time with you. You have a big chip on your shoulder and you are a know-it-all. And it's a waste of time trying to reason with you. Take care and do be careful when playing with your nuclear reactor set.
Purists of the world, unite!If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
― Samuel Adams
i never claimed to be a sniper..NEVER....
i do regularly shoot sub 1/2 moa groups....that part is very close to correct...closer to .25 actually....i do a fair amount of benchrest shooting.
one should not take comments out of context.....
i said i READ CFR in those areas......'cause they were areas i worked/had interest in/ or some exposure to....
i never claimed to be a LAWYER...they have nothing to do with right or wrong, innocent or guilt..they work for money to disprove the case against thier client with no concern for the clients innocence or guilt....no morals all money......not me.
it is strange it has taken you so long to figure things out...i knew you were near uselss since your first post on my rifle...
so maybe i am smarter than you...no not maybe... I AM...but not a big thing in your case.
mike in co
Last edited by ar10ar15man; 12-02-2012 at 08:53 AM.
owner builder of the 91/12 mn sniper rifle
You guys gotta stop this fighting like kids. I'm from NY and silencers are banned here. The adapter would be a gray area if the right is person asked (like an atf agent). To your local law dog county or state the adapter would only be a chunk of metal without the filter on it. If it's assembled -- your going to jail because of our stupid laws. It would seem to fall in line with the idea of -- have a flare gun -- not illegal to own. Next -- have a 45 caliber insert that fits the flare gun -- not illegal to own. Put them together and you have just made a pistol and that requires a permit otherwise it will be illegal. If your in a state that there legal in --- the number according to what I've seen on youtube goes on the filter. I will attempt to find the videos to support this. You kids gotta stop acting stupid -- you both seem like highly intelligent people and your letting 100's of people see your in-mature and childish. Stop fighting and show people how smart you both are.
saw a home made design...based on Maxim design but modified.....to be a muzzle break.....
but unscrew and wrap steel wool soaked around the cork screw shape, spray wd 30, screw housing back on....
22 cal sub sonics...you hear firing pin hit the shell and a posh sound...
take out the wool it was quite but a break...
now to topic....if you can find a use, legal, or illegal.......anythings out there for the interested.....
its your intentions, the paper trail, the involvement in something you shouldn't....leading back to you...your crime, your demise.....and oil filter will not clean that mess of the floor!
i once found a Maxim silencer ser 34# i believe?....pre ww 1 in new condition... in a bunch of gun stuff given to me by a collector that was dieing...
i was to sale his estate of guns.....long story short 7 months after he died and guns sold 5 weeks later....i was cleaning org. in basement found this Styrofoam container in bottom of all the stuff he had given me....?
i dumped out the greased up tube and a brace of sorts?....i
t was later what i believed to be a silencer?????
what to figure on?....lots of things...is it real, can you keep it? do you want it?......no!
my conclusion may surprise you.....i de-milled it in a press....drilling holes through it, not messing up the written info....
99% perfect.......till then.
i had it appraised and donated it to NRA museum in my name and the friend that died......wrote the tax free donation off my taxes.....not hiding any thing.
i know many will shake, rock, roll.... I'm in no need for it, the legal trouble it would bring, its the law not to be broken ....nor do i have any uses for it......
historically the museum said Hiram his self made, handled this one...
they had the attachments to fit it on 03A3 but not the actual silencer....millions will get to see it now!
assassins we are not....death dealers, no .... a novelty at most bragging rights.... yes the thoughts brighten eyes turn ears ....you couldn't even paper this one....too late.......if you go to the museum and see it....... you can thank me and my dear old friend.......
as for the passion....arugments.....typying leaves out a lot of communication norms....a misused phrase a wrong tense, word, or incomplete thought ...causes misunderstandings.....defensiveness.....many hurt feelings......that would not have festered in face to face relationships, conversations....
both of you are great guys with a lot of info to offer..........i offer peace!
There is one guy that seems to have researched and written pretty extensively on this issue. Admittedly, he seems to have a vested interest in these things being legal , but he has some good stuff to say.
"Solvent Trap Adapters Are Legal"
The oil filter would have a hole in the smooth non threaded end if it were a silencer.
Happiness is a warm barrel, plenty of ammo, and the smell of gunpowder in the air!
"Keep your powder dry!"
There is an ad in the most recent SGN for these. Nicely anodized.
That's where I saw em today in my SGN, first thing I thought of was wow, that's a sneaky way of selling what people shouldn't be using an oil filter for. As long as the filter had no hole through it or powder residue in it, it's not a silencer, but the very thing they are selling it as, a solvent catcher.
Happiness is a warm barrel, plenty of ammo, and the smell of gunpowder in the air!
"Keep your powder dry!"
"Hey Look! We've got Guns ... and We've got Snacks!"
- Cdr. Samuel "Sam" Axe, USN, (ret) -
smack boom.....the real silence begins after you hear the boom!
shoot one ....its only silent at the source with standard velocity ammo...
as the bullet passes every alley way, telephone pole, structure.....makes a boom...
I am told unless subsonic ammo is used...but
some questions still need to be answered
why would I personally need one?,
want one?.....
get caught with one by ATF following up something else?...
and sale list tracked easy....
ar15 is obviously an expert not to be taken lightly or trifled with.................
After all, there is, in this world, a college professor, holder of PHD's in Astro-physics and Philosophy, who is also a self-acknowledged expert in the use of explosives to demolish high-rise buildings, even tho he has absolutely zero actual experience in the matter.
The fact that his opinions are completely opposite to those of actual experienced experts in that field serves only to show the ignorance of those experts.
He may also drink Dos Equis, it is unknown.................
Stay thirsty my friend...................
I don't always venture out into the sub-freezing darkness, but when I do, it is hunting season, and I carry a Browning. Stay hungry my friends.


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Having trouble finding good help? Almost all entrepreneurs are. Since their shallower pockets make it hard to match bigger companies' salaries, more small companies are adding perks (chart), especially low-cost "workstyle" benefits such as telecommuting. But many aren't even trying to compete for workers. A recent poll by American City Business Journals Inc. found that although 95% of small companies have some labor problems, 53% are doing "nothing in particular" to find and keep workers.
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Britain's top prosecutor called today for a national debate on how to treat the testimony of victims of child abuse, as part of an overhaul of sex crime investigations.
Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said he wanted a "bold" new approach in which the vulnerability of victims was taken into account more when the credibility of their evidence was being assessed.
The likely effect would be fewer cases thrown out over doubts about victims because their memories were blurred by drink or drugs, they delayed reporting a crime, or their story had appeared inconsistent.
Mr Starmer announced that police and prosecutors would be re-examining their approach in response to the Jimmy Savile case and Rochdale child abuse scandal. Despite rising conviction rates for rape, the cases had raised "fundamental questions about the way in which we investigate and prosecute sexual offences", he said.
The biggest concern was an "over-cautious approach" in child abuse inquiries that had led to allegations being treated with unjustified caution. But he warned the way all sex crimes were dealt with was "too patchy and inconsistent".
In a speech in London, Mr Starmer announced a "radical clearing of the decks" and said he wanted the public to contribute: "There is an urgent need for an informed national debate." One key question was how to deal with "traditional tests of credibility" of witnesses.
Prosecutors and police will hold meetings with victims' groups, campaigners, lawyers and others to draw up draft guidelines before holding a public consultation on the proposals.
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The cat and mouse game played by Iran over the past year may well have finally caught up to its leaders when the UN Security Council announced in view of the refusal of Iran to meet last weekend's deadline, new sanctions would be imposed. The six major countries which includes permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany, offered Iran a package that included major assistance in developing a peaceful nuclear program plus other economic incentives, but the Iranian government simply refused to come forth the past weekend with any type of response that would meet concerns of world leaders. There is a combination of being disappointed, being insulted, being angry, and being apprehensive over failure of Iran to indicate any form of cooperation that could defuse the growing tension in the world over its nuclear development program.
One can only wonder if part of the obstinate refusal on the part of Iran to be cooperative is emanates from a desire not to agree to anything that bears the signature of George Bush. Is Iran waiting for a new president before it will agree to cooperate?


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AKAI is a Japanese consumer electronics company founded in 1929. They are famous for their high quality reel to reel decks throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and the 1980s and those awesome features in them. This is the guide to those tape decks. Here are some of those features and what they do:
The Cross-Field Head System: AKAI used this type of head system in the late 1960's to the mid 1970's. There is a Bias head located under the recording head which is utilized for higher frequency response at the slower speeds like 3 3/4 inches per second. This would mean the tape would sound just like other decks recorded at 7 1/2 inches per second or even better. The following decks used this feature: X-100/D, X-150/D, X-165/D, X-200/D, X-201/D, X-300/D, X-330/D, X-355/D, X-360/D, X-1800SD, X-1810/D, X-2000SD, X-5000W, X-IV, X-V, M-7, M-8, M-9, and M-10. Heres a picture:
The Glass and Crystal Ferrite Head System: The Glass and Crystal Ferrite heads are known for their reliability and extra high frequency response and focused field and replaced the Cross-Field head system. These heads were made out of hard class and crystal ferrite and were virtually indestructable, and dust free. They were stated to last 150,000 hours which is equivalent to 17 years. This means the high frequencies don't go dull due to wear since this specific type of head is made out of hard glass and crystal ferrite. The very first reel to reel deck to have these heads is the GX-365/D. The following decks use these heads: GX-210/D, GX-215D, GX-220/D, GX-221/D, GX-225/D, GX-230/D, GX-255, GX-260D, GX-265D, GX-266D, GX-266II. GX-267D, GX-270/D, GX-280/D, GX-285/D, GX-286/D, GX-365/D, GX-370D, GX-400D/PRO, GX-600D, GX-620, GX-625, GX-630D, GX-635D, GX-636, GX-646, GX-650D, GX-77, GX-747/DBX, GX-M11, GX-1820/D, GX-1900, GX-270D-SS, GX-280D-SS, GX-297D-SS, GX-400D-SS, GX-4000D, and GX-4400D. Here are some pictures:
The Glass Heads:
Tape Speeds: There were 4 tapes speeds that AKAI used: 1 7/8 Inches Per Second, 3 3/4 Inches Per Second, 7 1/2 Inches Per Second, and 15 Inches Per Second. The 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 inches per second speeds were common and used on almost ALL of AKAI's reel to reel tape decks. The 1 7/8 Inches Per Second speed was used on some of those decks for voice/speech recordings which included the following decks: X-100D, X-150D, X-165D, X-200D, X-201D, X-300/D, X-330/X, X-360/D, 1700, 1710, 1720W, GX-220/D, GX-221/D, GX-225/D, GX-365/D, 250D, 1800L, X-1800SD, X-1810/D, M-6, M-7, M-8, M-9, and M-10. The 7 1/2 inches per second speed is obtained by a speed changing capstan sleeve on the following decks which the sleeve was located at the top of or inside the AKAI Head Cover: X-100D, X-150D, X-165D, 1700, 1710, 1720W, 1800L, X-1800SD, 3000D, 4000D, 4000DS, 4000DB, 4000DS MK-II, 4400, 4400D, GX-4000D, and GX-4400D. When the speed changing capstan is removed, the tape speed goes back down to 3 3/4 inches per second or 1 7/8 inches per second if the tape speed switch on top of some of the decks is set to LOW. An equalizer switch is used for the correct frequency response of each of the speeds. The 15 Inches Per Second Speed is obtained by a big speed changing capstan on some decks (regular on most), and a smaller pinch roller. The following decks have that capability: 1700, 1710, X-360/D, GX-365/D, M-7, M-8, M-9, M-10, GX-400D, GX-600D/PRO, GX-630D/PRO, and GX-650D. The GX-400D, GX-600D/PRO, GX-630D/PRO, and GX-650D are the only sets that do not require a speed changing capstan or a smaller pinch roller to obtain the 15 Inches Per Second Speed. The ultra rare 4000D-Pro had 2 speeds of 7 1/2 and 15 Inches Per Second! Some of the decks have the 3 3/4 and 7 1/2 inches per second speed switch that changes the speeds. Here are two pictures of the decks that used the speed changing capstan:
10.5 Inch Reel To Reel Decks: Some of these AKAI reel to reel decks have the capability to handle 10.5 inch reel to reel tapes. 10 inch reel hubs are used for those types of reels. There is a 7 inch/10 inch tension switch on each deck to adjust for that certain reel. These decks include the X-355/D which uses adapters for hooking up these reels, the X-330/D which does not require hubs or an adapter since the built in hubs are already included, GX-400D, GX-400D-SS, GX-600D, GX-620, GX-625, GX-630D, GX-630D-SS, GX-635D, GX-636, GX-646, GX-650D, and GX-747/DBX. Here are a couple pictures of these decks:
Auto Reverse: Some, but not all reel to reel decks have auto reverse capability. One way auto reverse uses for reverse playing is with a solenoid which pulls the playback head back for reverse playing. These decks use that feature: X-200D, X-201D, GX-210D, GX-215D, GX-220/D, GX-221/D, GX-225/D, 250/D, GX-280/D, GX-285D, GX-286D, GX-400D, X-330/D, X-360/D, GX-365/D, X-1810/D, GX-1820/D, 202D-SS, 280D-SS, GX-270D-SS, GX-280D-SS, GX-297D-SS, GX-400D, M-10, and GX-M11/D. Other decks use an extra playback head which eliminates the need for a solenoid to pull the playback head down when in reverse mode. Here are the decks that use that feature: 250D, GX-230/D, GX-270D, GX-255, GX-260D, GX-265D, GX-266D, GX-266II, GX-267D, GX-635D, GX-636, GX-646, GX-747/DBX, and GX-77. Some of those decks allowed recording in reverse due to having extra record/erase heads.
Surround Sound Series Reel to Reel Decks:
Some reel to reel decks have the capability to reproduce sound in 4 channels for that "being there" feeling. These kind of decks are also useful for mixing tracks and used as "mini-studios". Here are following decks: 202D-SS, GX-270D-SS, GX-630D-SS, 280D-SS, GX-280D-SS, GX-297D-SS, GX-400D-SS, 1730D-SS, and 1800D-SS. Here are two pictures:
Noise Reduction: Some of these reel to reel decks are equipped with Dolby B Noise Reduction to cut out 5-10 dB of hiss. The GX-747/DBX allows for 128 dB dynamic range!!! The following decks have Dolby Noise Reduction in them: 4000DB, GX-4000DB, GX-600DB, GX-630DB, GX-635DB, GX-285D, and, GX-286D. Here is one picture of the deck equipped with Dolby:
Built-In 8-Track tape decks:
Some of the early AKAI models had built in 8-track players/recorders which the record lever was used to get the recording process on an 8-track tape started. These models are: 1800L, X-1800SD, X-1810/D, GX-1820/D, and 1800D-SS.
Worldwide Voltage Selector:
Almost every AKAI Reel to Reel deck will have an AC 100V/110V/120V/200V/220V/240V Voltage selector along with a 50 Hz/60 Hz cycles per second selector for worldwide usage located on the back of the reel to reel deck along with a Fuse (2A used for 100V - 120V and 1A used for 200V - 240V). These are the Japanese models unlike the American models which have only one voltage being AC 120V, 60 Hz which is used for the United States and Canada.
Reel Retainers:
Early AKAI Reel to Reel decks used rubber retainers which had a tendency to get worn or lost. Some of these decks include: M-6, M-7, M-8, X-100D, 345 Auto, X-355/D, 1700, 1710, 1800L, X-1800SD (some X-1800SDs used built-in reel lockers), and 4000DS (see pictures on top). Most AKAI Reel to Reel decks use built-in reel retainers (see pictures on top). Other than the X-100D, 345 Auto, X-355/D, 1700, 1710, 1800L, X-1800SD, and 4000DS, all other models listed on top use built-in reel retainers.
Amplifiers and Built-In Speakers:
People are often confused as to why the D is at the end of some model numbers. D stands for deck which has to be hooked up to a stereo receiver for sound to be heard (for example, GX-365D is not a stand alone unit and must be hooked up to a stereo for sound. GX-365 is a stand alone unit with a built-in amplifier and speakers) The 1721W, 1722W, 1722II, M-6, M-7, M-8, M-9, M-10, 1800L, X-1800SD, and 4400 Convert-A-Deck are stand alone units with built in speakers.
Today's digital equipment including iPods just cannot compare to the warm, crisp, and natural analog sound. It tends to cut off the rough edges that digital gives out.
On a Final Note, There are a lot of these decks for sale here on eBay, always check the model number to make sure it is the one you're looking for and check the description for any flaws it might have. Most of these decks have technical specifications available all over the internet that have the frequency response, signal-to-noise ratio, wow and flutter, etc... There are also manuals available for sale on the internet for a few bucks. Also, be prepared for any technical work to be done if that reel to reel deck has been untested due to lack of reel to reel tape. Channels going out, broken belts, and wow and flutter is common. The best way to get rid of that unwanted fluttering is to spray the metal part that holds the pinch roller and the flutter goes away almost instantly. Contact spray usually fixes scratchy sound from the volume pots. Motors can sometimes go bad and not have stable speed and cause the tape to slow down and stop. Hums are also a problem due to worn transistors and ground wiring.