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Topic: Eumig 810 D eating film
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Royce Marcus
Junior
Posts: 8
From: Raleigh, NC USA
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted February 13, 2012 02:03 PM
Hey guys, I've seen a few posts about this projector but need some advice of my own. I picked up this great unit for about $50. The guy said he never used it and, from what I can tell, he was being honest. This thing was in magnificent condition, inside and out. Really just a bit of dust that I airblasted out and had to get a new bulb for it. However, I'm having some serious problems with it.
I correctly changed the teeth and everything so it would accept regular 8mm film, but when all the film I've tried to place in it keeps getting eaten and I have no idea why. I use the provided splicer to get clean cuts and firmly depress the threading key as instructed, but the film always gets eaten either at the first small film sprocket or somewhere around the treading key or fill pressure pad or gate. It's like the teeth will start to pick up the film and then it just eats it up. I've gone back in, redusted, and carefully taken all the parts back out and in to ensure they are secured properly, but to no avail.
I'm ordering some more white leader, hoping that will help (the film is from the 1940s to mid 1960s and probably was not stored in the best condition though, to me, looks to be in acceptable condition) but is there anything else I can do to help? Is there a way to clean or treat the film, or is it a projector problem? As I've said, the project looks to be in great shape and the teeth look fine and even to me. I just really don't want to destroy any more film. I've heard of methods to lubricate areas, but am a real projector newbie and don't know much about this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you so much,
Royce
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Royce Marcus
Junior
Posts: 8
From: Raleigh, NC USA
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted February 13, 2012 03:56 PM
Yeah, that's what I'm hearing. I've gotten one or two 50' reels to go through, and then, in the middle of one, it decided to start eating that too! Luckily, on most of them, they are clean breaks, at least if it breaks on the film, not the leader.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted March 23, 2012 07:09 PM
Hello Royce,my advice is to leave well alone,there are too many things to go horribly wrong here.By all means lubricate your films.The best on the market I have found are Crestclean from Classic Home Cinema in the UK, FilmRenew which is available in the USA from Urbanski Film & Video,Orland Park,IL 60462 and is also a very gentle lube and cleaner.If the problem persists even after wiping of film gate and path etc and lubricating your film.Put the machine in the hands of a repairer who is ofey with the Eumig machines,but don't try to fix it yourself,that path is fraught with more failures than successes.Above all,don't keep putting good film through,keep a spool of test film for this purpose.
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