TIP: Reinserting non-zero force insertion ribbon back into sockets

Not owning the proper long nose , parallel soft jaw , pliers for this job. I've always reinforced the plastic strip with some fabric mesh upholstery tape, wrapped around plastic strip and extending over the ribbon a bit, as so easy to fracture a foil at any bend there. This time very restriced space to reinsert inch wide CD ribbon. So cut/melted away some of the intruding underframe so more like 1/2 inch of gap rather than 1/4 inch gap. Then ordinary carpenters size long nose pliers, added a Hammas bead to each tip as soft jaw for clamping across the ribbon strip, especially at the distant end , to reinsert, bit at a time each side, to keep the ribbon straight on. Hammas makes plastic ring/beads for kids to make mosaic pictures from, by pushing over peg matrix board.

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