8mm Forum: AUTO 1600FT REELS/GS1200.

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Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on November 24, 2006, 02:39 PM:

Hi there,I would like to know if there is such a spool.I know that the spools would take about 75-80 minutes of super8 film.That's about 1500 feet,but the reels are called 1600ft.The spool i require
is for take up.Does any other member know where i could get one.Andy.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on November 24, 2006, 05:17 PM:

Andrew, they are called supaspools and were made in the UK. Made out of aluminium I found they tended to warp and then scrape against the spool arms of the GS1200....yuck.

I have some superb blue plastic spools which were sold in the US and I think they were made by Tayloreels. Superb and a I wish I could get more of them.

Yes your right none of them really hold a true 1600ft of film unless it's the thinner poly stocks.

Keep an eye on ebay and the dealers lists.

Kev.

[ November 25, 2006, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Kevin Faulkner ]

Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on November 25, 2006, 04:17 AM:

Dynareels weren't around long but they were the best I ever saw.

Posted by Tony Milman (Member # 7) on November 25, 2006, 11:35 AM:

Andy

I have a few of these and might be able to find a half reasonable one. They do tend to go out of true and need a bit of tlc sometimes to bring round.

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on November 25, 2006, 02:03 PM:

Thanks guys for the replies.Anyway Tony its a take up reel i am looking for;the supaspools ain't good for that job.Kevin you were right about that noise,its horrible.Tony if you do find a reel i'm after how much will you want for it?.Andy.
p.s it fits the Elmo 1200 models.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on November 26, 2006, 05:26 AM:

Andy, If it's an Auto take-up 1600ft your after I dont think any were made by anyone. All the 1600ft 8mm spools I have ever seen are the manual type.

Kev.

Posted by David Ahrens (Member # 714) on November 26, 2006, 05:48 AM:

Johns right I managed to get one Dynareel before they disapeared and they were far superior to any other reel available.

Posted by Andrew Wilson (Member # 538) on November 26, 2006, 06:48 AM:

OKAY,so 1600ft take up spools ain't availble.The promblem i am having is with LITTLE MERMAID.It fits the supspool;but after therading the upper loop is lost.The take up reel is also a supspool.I stop the machine and have to put the leader into the small slot.On projecting that's when the upper loop is lost.I'm i doing something wrong.I would like to know how other fellow members
got around this problem?.Cheers Andy.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on November 27, 2006, 12:43 AM:

Not normally a problem. I dont loose the loop on my GS if I use the supaspools. Is that front spool free running ok? there shouldnt be so much back tensions that you loose the loop.

Kev.

Posted by Kevin Clark (Member # 211) on November 27, 2006, 02:55 AM:

I had a similar problem once with a ST1200HD where the fixing screw in the centre of the top sprocket gear was just a bit loose - as you tend to start the reel turning manually when feeding the leader into the machine it was OK with autothreading, but when restarted the drag weight of a fully loaded 1600ft Supaspool was enough to cause the sprocket to slip & lose the top loop. As with your machine Andy my ST1200HD was fine when using smaller reels of film so it is well worth checking the screw is tight first.
Kevin

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on November 27, 2006, 03:44 AM:

Yes Kevin, good point. I had forgotten about that possibility.

Kev.

Posted by Dave Cragg (Member # 401) on November 27, 2006, 05:25 PM:

Can't help with the spool I'm afraid.
Out of interest, just wondered which projector had the largest official spool capacity and how big was it?

Dave

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on November 28, 2006, 02:08 AM:

I suppose these were Fumeo and Beaulieu with 2400ft capacity spools.

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