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Author Topic: My Christmas Wish - A Splicer? Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 11-23-2001 12:10 PM                        My wife wants to know what I want this year. I thought, of course, what every man needs, a splicer. Can anyone suggest some models they like, possibly in different price ranges, and why? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 11-23-2001 01:12 PM                     Call me crazy, but I like the CIR splicer. There is a huge difference between a genuine CIR and the cheap knockoffs, sometimes referred to as the "economy splicer." I've only used a Neumade once or twice, so I don't know too much about it. I think CPI has the CIR for about $300.  |  IP: Logged Serge Bosschaerts Film Handler Posts: 70 From: Schoten, Belgium Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-23-2001 01:18 PM                        I to like the CIR splicer. I have a CIR 3M special and it works without problems. The only thing you have to do with the CIR splicer is to clean the teeth and the guilotine knive on a regular basis when you use it very often. This will keep it in top shape for years to come.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-23-2001 01:25 PM                     Ugh! Check out Joe's review of the CIR splicer. What a piece of crap that thing is. Get yourself a Neumade or a Strong splicer.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 11-23-2001 01:48 PM                     Yes, I think you would be happier with the Neumade (35SS) splicer. Dave, you have a wonderful wife if she would buy you a splicer!  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 11-23-2001 02:07 PM                     Yeah, well you know what they say about opinions.... I tend to disagree with Joe's review, but that's fine. If he doesn't like it, he's entitled to that. Sounds to me like you are presnting it as a fact that this splicer is crap. Every peice of equipment is a treasure to someone and junk to someone else.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2001 02:38 PM                     Ken and I agree on this one The CIR is looked after is probably the most durable splicer made and compared to the neumade is a vastly superior peice of engineering Never had any grief from a genuine CIR  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 11-23-2001 02:42 PM                     I have found the Neumade D-Handle splicer to be my favorite for speed, convenience and accuracy. You pull the tape TOWARDS you, and the handle is convenient when you have to carry it one-handed. Keeping a piece of clear tape on the bed helps control the chads.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2001 02:53 PM                     Well both the CIR and the Neumade are pieces of crap. If ya want to get a splicer that will last a lifetime and is not made from pot metal, get the Strong! As far as I'm concerned its that or an ultrasonic plicer. None of the others should even be called a splicer.. Mark @ GTS  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-23-2001 03:43 PM                     Mark's got a good point. If durability is what you are after, the Strong cannot be beat! Gotta love spliers like the CIR that have a spring loaded cutter blade that always returns to the UP position. Safety at it's finest!  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-23-2001 04:15 PM                     I’ve used the same genuine CIR splicer for 30 years now without any problems or change of parts, not even the blade. Nice present to have from your wife Dave. A few years ago my wife gave me a nice surprise, I turned up at the cinema at 9am and on the office desk there was a box with happy birthday on it containing a Cat No. 222SR/A card. Within the next hour Sound Associates modified the CP55 unit and installed Dolby SR. What a present, a birthday I shall never forget.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2001 05:25 PM                        I haven't seen the Strong splicer, but I can recommend the Neumade model. For something that is _really_ built like a tank, check out the Maier-Hancock (aka B&H) hot splicers. They come in 8/16 and 16/35 models and will outlast their owners. They are cement splicers, though, so each splice results in lost frames and they also won't work on polyester-base film.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-23-2001 07:11 PM                     I guesss one or more projectionists would be asking Santa for what trailers & prints are needed along with booth supplies,parts&components. Someone would be asking Santa for replacement trap&gate assemblies for a Simplex XL.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-23-2001 11:24 PM                     I like the Ciro splicer myself. They last forever.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 11-24-2001 02:16 AM                     I have seen those spring loaded side cutters that always return to the up position, but mine are not like that  |  IP: Logged

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