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Daniel Perry
Film Handler

Posts: 12
From: Suffolk, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2017

posted February 16, 2017 01:20 PM

Hey all! I'm new here and new to projectors. I recently came across this projector at a thrift store. So far the motor seems to run well and the bulb lights up pretty bright. A rather quiet running machine really. The only thing that seems to be missing is the rear reel spindle in the arm. It's gone. I have to assume it broke because from what I've been able to gather these spindles assemblies had the tendency to break. Anyone have any suggestions or advice on replacement parts?

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted February 16, 2017 02:57 PM

Welcome Daniel! Since these projectors are no longer supported the only way to get parts is to buy another donor machine or maybe someone with a parts projector can help you out. Sometimes Ebay has sellers that have parts to sell also.

[ February 16, 2017, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

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Douglas Warren
Master Film Handler

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From: West Chester, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2008

posted February 16, 2017 04:11 PM

Daniel,
Drop me a PM, as I may be able to help you out on this. Is the projector Standard (Regular) 8?

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Daniel Perry
Film Handler

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From: Suffolk, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2017

posted February 17, 2017 08:03 AM

Yes Doug this is a standard 8mm projector. Thanks.

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Douglas Warren
Master Film Handler

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From: West Chester, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2008

posted February 17, 2017 10:53 AM

Hi Dan,
This link should provide some helpful info:

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/super8no/bell-howell-autoload-8mm-projector-user-manualenglish

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Daniel Perry
Film Handler

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From: Suffolk, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2017

posted February 17, 2017 11:32 AM

Very helpful thank you!

And thank you for the welcome Janice!

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Daniel Perry
Film Handler

Posts: 12
From: Suffolk, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2017

posted March 01, 2017 08:33 PM

Thanks to Doug Warren I was able to begin experimenting with this projector. I adjusted the take up spindle and threaded a test reel. Took me a few tries but I got it started. Here's where I ran into problems. The film wound begin to advance and then slow to a stop so I adjusted the tension on the front reel. I tried a few more times but the same result. Unfortunately I burned out a frame in the film! [Frown]

Any ideas what might be causing the film to stop?

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