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Topic: Got myself a Eumig Mark-S 712!
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Mark L Barton
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 621
From: Bristol, South Glos, England
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 16, 2012 04:31 AM
Hi All, i have had several Eumigs over the years and at present have 4 Eumig 807/810's. The first thing I always do (and you have to be SUPER CAREFUL!!!!!!) is with the back cover off (and unpowered) I carefully sand the rubber friction pad which drives the projector froim the motor, wow does it make a differene, restoring the true running speeds. (I actually had a slow running Eumig, set to 24fps and it was managing probably 21fps with the sound full of wow and flutter, I sanded with the motor running (naughty)and a speaker plugged in and you could hear the sound improving as the machine was returned to the correct running speed) So carefully sand those rubber drive units (am sure other collectors will advise differently, ie using rubber restorer etc, but I am used to my way) Good luck, oh and the change over gates do appear on Ebay, I know there is a set on Ebay,co.uk at the moment, but check they are for your model as I'm not sure if gates from series 7 machines will fit series 8 etc etc
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted July 16, 2012 05:44 PM
Hello Mandi,further to my E-mail,the grey sprockets and gate &
back plate are for Std or Reg 8mm,the blue are for S/8.Make
sure that the red spot is at 12 o'clock on the inching knob at the rear of the machine when changing your format
plates or you might damage your claw pin.There is a little film
trimmer on the top of the machine,this is to make sure that the
end of film you present to the projector is not folded or damaged.
Start the projector,and depress the grey loop former on the top
of the macine,the film will come through the bottom of the gate
this machine is semi auto thread,which means that now you must form the loop for sound separation by the diagrams on
the projector chassis,large loop for std 8.small for S/8, feed the film into the slot around the
larger sprocket and close the guide,up over the top roller and onto the take up spool.Don't forget to change the switch on
the side of the projector for your sound either std or super.
the projector should be showing your film without any stutter.
Don't touch the large red button in the rear of the machine
as this is for recording,likewise the white button on the top
near the handle,this is for superimposing sound,do not touch
them, as you could damage your soundtrack.The colour of the
light changes when the record button is depressed from the
normal GREEN for replay,to RED for record and WHITE for
superimposition.Play safe and leave them alone.I hope this is
of some help,I'm not sure myself if the gate plates are interchangable with the S712D ,they might, as these machines were turned out about the same time,if you e-mail any of the
repairers on this forum,they should be able to tell you.
Anyway,best of luck with your projector and keep us informed
as to if it works or not.we can't help if we don't know.Take care.
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