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Topic: Bell and Howell cork wheel is dead.

Gerry Groeber
Junior
Posts: 22
From: Mesa,Arizona,USA
Registered: Jun 2012

posted June 09, 2012 11:07 PM

Want to start by saying hello. I like to restore anything vintage and just finished restoring a Bell and Howell filmo, master. Everything now works great except the cork drive wheel is dead I tried putting a rubber band around it and that works for about 10 min until the rubber band breaks. Does anyone know of a replacement part or any ideas?

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Gerry Groeber
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From: Mesa,Arizona,USA
Registered: Jun 2012

posted June 12, 2012 07:40 PM

Any takers ?

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted June 12, 2012 08:31 PM

Hi Gerry

Welcome to the forum!

If you go to an automotive store you can buy cork gasket material and make a replacement piece to glue on the wheel.

PatD [Wink]

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted June 12, 2012 11:44 PM

Nice trick Pat...I'll remember that.

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"I'm having a very good day!"
Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).

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Gerry Groeber
Junior
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From: Mesa,Arizona,USA
Registered: Jun 2012

posted June 13, 2012 09:08 AM

cool thanks. Do you think a rubber wheel replacment would work if i take the wheel apart?

Gerry

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted June 13, 2012 02:28 PM

Gerry

Not sure if rubber would work [Confused]

I think cork is used so it will actually slip after a certain amount of torque. Whereas rubber would not. They used cork for a reason.

Thanks Jan. With this old stuff you learn to improvise.

PatD [Wink]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 13, 2012 04:10 PM

Pat,

Are your able to buy specific thicknesses of cork in sheets like this?

Usually when I go there its more like "I need a set of valve cover gaskets" or "I need to replace my water pump gasket". (Etc.)

I never even thought of asking for the raw material.

I can just imagine:

"What year?"
"1978"
"Make?"
"Elmo"
"??....That's foreign?"
"Yeah, it's Japanese..."

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Barry Fritz
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1061
From: Burnsville, MN, USA
Registered: Dec 2009

posted June 13, 2012 06:52 PM

Various stores used to sell cork sheets to line the bottom of tool chest drawers. A person would have to ask around.

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