LOOK REAL CLOSE at the Cores. It sure looks to me like they were removed from some kind of Video Tape Recorder Cartridge. It looks like SM REMOVED some of the Tape from the CENTER to make an inexpensive Magnetic Core. What kind of Video Recorder did the tape come from? My wild, wild GUESS is an EARLY VHS Prototype, a Seismograph Recorder, or an old TV Studio Video Recorder. WHY, because the STRANGE frame base on the bottom is VERY, VERY SIMILAR, but doesn't exactly match, the inside of modern VHS tape cartridges.
Proof 1 = The white plastic disc UNDER each core looks IDENTICAL to the Toothed White Disc in a VHS Tape Cartridge. Proof 2 = If he DIDN'T make the cores from a Tape, then WHY did he place a White Toothed Disc UNDER each Core? It doesn't make sense! Proof 3 = Teeth all around the outside edge of the white disc, just like in a VHS tape cartridge. Proof 4 = He filled the center with epoxy to keep the loose tape from UNRAVELING or UNWINDING. Proof 5 = The Exterior DIMENSIONAL SIZE of SM's Cores looks IDENTICAL to the size of VHS tapes (see bottom photo). Proof 6 = If you Disassemble a VHS Tape Cartridge, there is an Identical WHITE DISC (with teeth) under the tape. Proof 7 = His Model 1 Unit has an identical looking core in the center. SAME notched white disc, same epoxied center, same frame base, etc. Proof 8 = SHARP EDGES on the core just like a video recorder tape has. Many, BUT NOT ALL, Ferrite & Iron Powder cores have ROUNDED edges (see photo below). Proof 9 = SM was employed in a store that sold video & audio sound merchandise, & had easy access to recorders & tapes.
SUMMARY: If you still doubt, then answer this question. WHY would SM go to the TROUBLE of Disassembling VHS Tapes, just to place the WHITE DISCS UNDER Ferrite, MetGlass, or Iron Powder cores? PLUS, why would he fill in the centers with EPOXY? It wouldn't make any logical sense!
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