Originally Posted by
mike stenson
I picked up an industrial tape dispenser (one of the old 3m ones) from back when they were made out of solid iron, for cheap. I need more.
Over 30 years ago I purchased 2 rolls of packing tape. Someone told me they were "mother rolls," the ones from which the smaller retail size rolls are made. They were about 14" across and the surplus dealer sold them to me for $2 apiece. I sold one to a coworker for cost when we needed packing tape for shipping a lot of parts and equipment back to vendors. My roll is getting down to a few years worth at my current rate of use.
Wish another surplus dealer with such deals could be found.
jtk
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