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Author Topic: Perf-Fix machine Robert Crewdson Film Handler Posts: 15 From: Oxford, Oxon, England, United kingdom Registered: Apr 2011 posted 04-25-2011 05:13 AM                     I am awaiting delivery of a perf-fix machine. Unfortunately, the seller does not have the instructions, and I can find nothing on the internet. Can anyone help me please. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-25-2011 05:31 AM                     I used one a few times, but it must have been about 25 years ago. I can't remember the details, but I didn't have any instructions, and didn't have any difficulty using it; I think it was pretty clear how it worked just from looking at it. I'm just about to leave home to go to Oxford, on the Oxford Tube.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-25-2011 09:51 AM                        Haven't used mine in a long time as well, but I seem to recall that the threading path, such as it is, is etched on the side of the unit. But even if it is not, as Stephen says, it is fairly self explanatory. Do you have a source for the Perfix tape? I had heard it is no longer manufactured. I'd be interested in knowing a source if you find one.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-25-2011 10:34 AM                     Frank, Christy's Editorial is supposed to be supplying it still (both A and B rolls).  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-26-2011 07:19 PM                     I do have the manual, it's not the best manual I've ever seen, but if you need a copy, I might be able to make that happen.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-26-2011 08:42 PM                     Bruce, please contact me via email and I can get the manual posted in the Warehouse for everyone.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-26-2011 10:17 PM                     Thank you Bruce and Adam, I have been wanting that manual too!!  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-27-2011 04:52 PM                     I have sent you an email, Adam.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-28-2011 10:38 PM                     Looking forward to reading the manual. I had no idea such a device existed.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-29-2011 07:51 AM                     We at the Temple Theatre used this machine and material to repair the totally destroyed perforations of "The Crimson Ghost" episode #8. The distributor was so sure we could not run the 35mm reel that they gave us a 16mm copy of that episode. We ran the 35mm reel after it was repaired. Because we used the Perf-Fix, the distributor was able to make a new duplicate copy of that reel from the one we repaired. That was back in the earliest days for that machine. I believe about 1982 was when it was run. It preceded the movie and many people bought tickets to hear the organ and see the serial but left before the feature. KEN  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-29-2011 01:38 PM                     Please put me out of my misery, & kindly explain what a perf-fix machine is?  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 04-29-2011 01:41 PM                     It's a small machine that applies perforated tape to film in order to repair the sprocket holes so that you can run it.  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-29-2011 02:38 PM                     Many thanks for that.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-29-2011 02:51 PM                     I still have a cinebug unit the best i found was the cinetreat machine  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 04-30-2011 01:08 AM                     My theater ran a "four wall" presentation of a Billy Graham produced movie in the 80s. The print we ran had a few reels that had been repaired by one of the Perf-Fix machines. I noticed it because I wanted to get one of those machines, but the higher ups said "no."  |  IP: Logged

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