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Topic: Joes Splicer Review
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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster
Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-25-2000 12:39 PM
Gord,
The Cinesplicer comes from Japan, not China. The cheapo CIR clone rides in on 747's from India. Neumade makes a straight 70mm splicer. It is probably the most common 70mm splicer in the states. It works very well but suffers the same problems the small ones have, mainly durability and parts that are priced way too high. CIR does make a variety of splicers but they all suffer the same problems. Crappy cutter blades, The alignment feature was not seen through all the way like it should have been, it makes the perfs longer,and causes a picture jump, severe in some cases, they also fall apart too easily as well. BTW: even keeping the cutter clean does not assure that it will cut. Alignment of the cutter seems to matter far more and aligning it is a pain. Personally I really like the ultrasonic jobs the best. Think about it, in the life of a theater they could buy one of those for about 3K US, it would last as long as the theater , or longer in some cases, and you do not have to buy a new CIR or Neumade every 1.5 to 2 years.
Mark
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-25-2000 04:32 PM
I've got a no-name, el Cheapo splicer here at Mercyhurst. Sometimes it doesn't cut the tape cleanly.I've found that if you pull the tape tight and rub it down to the crossbars it cuts better. Actually, the same thing goes for the Neumade! It's just that the crossbars are a lot closer to the blade on the Neumade. Remember, the splicer doesn't cut like scissors. It sort of shaves the edges of the film. If the tape is not tight it sags and gets caught between the blade and the matrix plate. The tape tears instead of being shaved off cleanly. Still, I keep a utility knife with a fresh razor blade in it near the splicing table at all times. Sometimes you get in a hurry and forget to stretch the tape. ------------------- One time the G.M. at Tinseltown asked me how long it takes to make a good splice. (He was trying to trick me... A quick splice is a BAD splice.) I just gave him a puzzled look and said, "Gee, I've never timed myself. I didn't think I was in a race!.
He was kinda' pissed when his 'joke' didn't work on me.
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