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Posted by Thomas Murin, Jr. (Member # 1745) on October 08, 2009, 04:25 PM:

So, the other day I get my splicer from ebay. When I sit down to look at it, I can't make heads or tails of it and the instructions indicate it is a cement splicer. Great, I know nothing about cement splicing.

Yet, the splicer came with a bunch of quik splice splicing tapes. So, my question is this: Can I use it with the tapes?

The splicer is a Lentar Model No. M3.

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on October 08, 2009, 04:56 PM:

First of all, yes you can.

Second, as far as I know, cement splicing is not possible with polyester - mylar prints. So really, you have no choice but to use tape unless you are working with standard acetate that does hold the glue.

If your quick splice tapes look like 16mm (sort of) width. And may I ask, the paper that peels off, one half should be red or orange, and the other half should be blue.

Cut and trim the film neatly with the splicer cutting blades.

Lift up the top covers that keep pressure on the film when using glue. These need to be down for cutting, but not for applying the tape.

Your quick splice tape will look like 16mm. Simply align the upper half of that large sprocket hole to the pins on the splicer with the tape hovering above the film.

Peel the blue side off and press it down.

Gently lift the film off the splicer, flip it over, and do the same procedure with the other half. By this point you will have folded the 2nd half over the film.

It will help if you splice while heads up on the left side reel of your crank rewind. When you are done splicing, simply rewind the reel for projection ready.

You actually do not have a tape splicer, but with a little practice you should be able to do it.

Keep looking for a proper tape splicer made for the quick splice tapes. It will be easier to do what I have explained here.

Chip G

Posted by Thomas Murin, Jr. (Member # 1745) on October 08, 2009, 05:29 PM:

First, thanks for the quick reply!

Second, yes the splice tapes are as you described, blue on one side and red on the other. I have a long length of black leader on one of my parents home movies I can practice on. The leader is absurdly long so taking a little bit of it to practice on won't hurt.

Right now I just need to replace the leader on two of my movies and to repair a ripped frame on one. I think splicing the frame will work better than removing it as the rip is small.

I'll print out your instructions and do some practicing tomorrow.

Yes, I'll keep checking ebay for a true tape splicer. Considering tape splicing is all I know from work, that would be best.

Thanks, again!

Posted by Thomas Murin, Jr. (Member # 1745) on October 09, 2009, 04:50 PM:

Just an update. I had some trouble but then realized I was working with regular 8mm film instead of S8! D'oh! After that, things went very well.

I replaced the leader to Brer Rabbit and reapired the damaged section. Had to remove 6 frames in the process [Frown]

. Upon running it, there were still some problems so tomorrow I'll just go through the section again and splice where necessary. It's just that section, after that it plays fine.

Thanks again for the help!

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