8mm Forum: Bell and Howell cork wheel is dead.

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Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on 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?

Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on June 12, 2012, 07:40 PM:

Any takers ?

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on 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]

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 12, 2012, 11:44 PM:

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

Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on June 13, 2012, 09:08 AM:

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

Gerry

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on 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]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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..."

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on 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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