Akai Reel To Reel Cams

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I designed these from the original cams of my Akai M9 reel to reel that were crumbling. I got the idea from THE REEL PRO SOUND GUYS and some posts on tapeheads.net. After creating these from measurements and trial and error I can appreciate their hard work and understand why they charge $80 for a set. Having said that, I want to support people who are willing to print their own. I used photographs of my cams and some other photos that I found online that show undamaged cams to recreate them. I printed dozens of versions to get the dimensions correct. The final versions seem to be working well so far. The critical dimension is the diameter of the hole for the shaft. There are two different sized shafts in my deck. This will probably take some trial and error to get a tight fit. I'll link the Fusion360 files here so you can manipulate the designs to get it right. Borehole for lower cams - https://a360.co/396QNOS Borehole for Upper Cams - https://a360.co/3ac2weW Fwd/Rev Cam - https://a360.co/3cdPnE7 Play/Rec Cam - https://a360.co/385X1Nm Record Switch - https://a360.co/2wey4Cw Wedge Cam - https://a360.co/3a6JKWg Update 12/13/2020: Autodesk switched to a subscription model and disabled the ability to download your models as a .step file. Lucky, I was able to convert/download them before that happened. I've added the .step files here. Good Luck! Keep those old decks going! Message me if you have any questions!