[GreenKeys] Faulty memory?

[John, W9DDD]

That could be it, but the recently purchased almost white paper rolls 
don't have them.  Compared to paper towels, the core is heavier stock.

I never thought to ask back then when someone might have remembered why. 
  At the time it was just an annoyance and move on to the next task.

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The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD

On 7/2/2021 5:05 PM, Nick England wrote:
> I think the disk just kept the paper roll core from getting out of round 
> during manuf/shipment??
> 
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 6:01 PM John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org 
> <mailto:w9ddd at tapr.org>> wrote:
> 
>     As I thought more about it, I remember using the end of the 15 spindle
>     to to stick in the small hole to pry it out.  Now wondering the purpose
>     in the first place.  Perhaps some of the earlier machines just had a
>     3/16" or so rod to hold the paper and needed the disks as an adapter?
> 
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>     The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
>     John, W9DDD
> 
>     On 7/2/2021 4:16 PM, Steve Garrison wrote:
>      > I remember those disks!  They were recessed into the cardboard
>     spools and
>      > had a small hole in the center of the recess.
>      >
>      > Steve G./N4TTY
>      >
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>      > Subject: [GreenKeys] Faulty memory?
>      >
>      > As I'm installing the first new roll of paper,  (the aged gray
>     pinkish stuff
>      > left in the printers has so far been enough for testing) I'm
>     thinking there
>      > used to be a metal disk you had to remove to put it on a
>      > 15 or 28 spindle.  Am I remembering wrong? This might have been a
>     AP/UPI
>      > thing since working at the TV station tended to keep me in paper
>     supply.
>      >
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