How do you notch your disks to use the other side?

[+Larry]

On 4/2/2021 at 7:05 AM, Keatah said:

Otherwise you have to disassemble the disk and make another timing hole.

 

 

If you make a template of the timing hole position, then you can reverse it and carefully slip a paper hole punch between the jacket and the disk, and punch new jacket holes for side B. It's a PITA, but I used to do it for my XF551.  Then I got the CSS XF551 Enhancer, and life got easier.

[StickJock]

15 minutes ago, Larry said:

If you make a template of the timing hole position, then you can reverse it and carefully slip a paper hole punch between the jacket and the disk, and punch new jacket holes for side B. It's a PITA, but I used to do it for my XF551.  Then I got the CSS XF551 Enhancer, and life got easier.

I used to do this on my 8" floppies!

 

For my 5.25" ones, I ended up adding switches to my 1050s to select between normal, writeable & non-writeable.

 

Edit: Before I added the switches, I just used a single-hole punch to notch the edge of the disks.

Edited April 5, 2021 by StickJock

[rmzalbar]

I use a vintage flippy puncher, but since I've started remastering flippy disks from images (with inket repro labels even), I installed into a 1050 and a 1541 a write-protect sensor disable switch so I can master flipsides without punching them at all.

 

When I was a kid.. I used a robust steel paper hole punch, using another disk for reference. Not as pretty but works fine.

Edited April 5, 2021 by rmzalbar

[+Ripdubski]

paper hole punch.

[Rybags]

Most often scissors I think.  Can also remember using a a 2-hole paper punch.

Possibly I used the punch then scissors to embiggen and square off the hole?  Can't remember, it was probably late 1980s last time I notched a floppy.

[eegad]

just a cheap handheld paper hole punch.