AMPEX 1300 - Load Handle

Reverse Engineered components for Geocom Services Australia. The “portable” Ampex 1300 is a magnetic tape drive, developed in the 1960’s and this version is one of very few remaining world-wide, still functional and capable of reading magnetic disc drives from the era. The bakelite loading handle, being one of the only components to have failed, required reverse engineering and within a few hours, 21st century Nylon-Carbon Fibre replacement and spares were completed - hopefully to last another 60-years!