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Topic: Someone at Technicolor is trying to kill me
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Christopher Meredith
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 126
From: Jackson, MS, USA
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 08-25-2006 08:58 AM
Okay, so I'm building up "Invincible" yesterday. I was using a Kelmar RTV-8500 rewind bench with the automatic lever/arm removed and with a stationary roller mounted at the film counter mount to "flange bind" the film as it is going over from the shipping reels.
I have the (enormous) trailer package on the house reel and I am running R1 onto it at full speed. It's getting right up to the end of the reel and I am standing there with my hand on the speed knob when all of a sudden I hear an incredible BANG and something goes whizzing just past my face. When I get my wits about me, I notice that the tail has broken about 12" from the end and is still attached to the core, and the roller that was mounted at the film counter mount is... missing.
Apparently, someone who handled R1 of this print of INvincible wrapped the tail of the film around a piece of plastic and slid it into the core to prevent it from disengaging when the tail ran out. What's more, the force of the film pulling tight actually sheared off the screw that was holding the roller in place and the roller went flying, missing my face by about an inch, and embedded itself into the ceiling.
Needless to say, I am extremely pissed off. Why would someone make such an effort to prevent the tail from releasing from the reel? What is the purpose of that? And has anyone ever had a roller do something like this? I tried to reproduce the situation using broken rollers and a heavy stick and I couldn't get a mounting screw to shear off like that no matter what I tried.
Anyway, I'd love your feedback. Who should I tell about this to make sure it never happens again to anyone else? ...and check out the pics:
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![-](http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/badreel0011.jpeg) In this last pic, you can see the scene in context. It took a few hours to get the camera and in the mean time, I put a new roller where the first one was. YOu can still see the first one stuck in the ceiling.
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Charles Greenlee
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 801
From: Savannah, Ga, U.S.
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 08-26-2006 08:37 AM
I have had the secret surprise when breaking down the old TES reels. I wind at full speed, starting off slow so everything snugs up fine, then full, and then slow down the last, maybe 3 feet. It came to a sudden, and loud stop, but not exploded, probably because I slowed down, and not just let it run out at full. Never really had a reel explode on me, but I have had one of the flanges come disconnected from the core, and go twirling in the air like a helicopter. Same type of reel too. Now only if you can talk TES into delivering on wensdays rather than thursdays. And cans? I prefer the stackable plastic cans. You know, the ones that don't want to close fully. They're easier to carry, and I've learned how to get them closed without beating them into submission, usually. [ 08-26-2006, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: Charles Greenlee ]
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