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Originally Posted by retractablezing  a 388 is horizontal too and it'll chop one's head off if the reels aren't locked 
the only explanation i can see is that, if there was any rewinding being done, it was done as slowly as possible, or maybe the machine didn't reach the rewind speeds ppl are used to seeing and that makes locking the reels a crucial surviving measure... |
Looks like an Ampex 350. Those things could rewind plenty fast. If anyone can explain the no flanges thing, it's something I've always been curious about.