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Topic: 16mm Film Transport
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Steve Kraus
Film God
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Posts: 4094
From: Chicago, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-09-2003 08:08 AM
Paul: I don't recall any adverse issues with the take up tension once I went the gear motor route and the arms I used didn't even have a legitimate slip clutch (on the DeVry projector it was driven by a coiled wire belt). The gear motor on suitable voltage drove it fast enough for takeup at the start but was not so powerful as to hurt the film at slower speeds with a full reel and there was sufficient possible slippage with the drive belt. The B&H portable shown has spring-loaded snubber at the end of the film path. I'm speaking in the past tense because I eventually dismantled it when I no longer needed it and sold my 16mm big reels to the post house I worked at for use with a Hortson pedestal. (Mark and I have a sneaking suspicion that the gear from that booth--C's, R3's, CP50, A7's, the Hortson, etc. might have ended up at the bank he mentioned.)
Mark: I think the fact that the platter makers, AFAIK, don't offer 16mm components attests to the fact that not too many people consider that to be the best solution to their 16mm film handling needs, ingenious though it may be.
Kenneth: You didn't officially call dibs on Mark's junk Eiki. So I will.
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