8mm Forum: My journey to repairing a late 1930’s Bell and Howell filmo master

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Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on July 06, 2012, 11:46 AM:

70 years old cork wheel is the demise of all non working Bell and Howell filmo master here is how we resolved this problem and now have a new late 1930’s Bell and Howell.
http://vintage8mm.blogspot.com/p/8mm-projectors.html

Gerry

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on July 06, 2012, 12:11 PM:

Gerry

Well done! Thanks for posting the info.

PatD

Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on July 06, 2012, 12:15 PM:

Great job Gerry.
Always brings a tear to my eye when I see a beautiful old projector come back to life.

Cheers
Terry

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on July 06, 2012, 12:16 PM:

Great job Gerry! I'm a little confused at what exactly you did to the rubber wheel to get it to work.

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We were able to retro fit a wire grommet it took a little shaving on the edges to fit into the housing but the end product was a good solution.

Did you have to make the hole larger or smaller to fit the shaft? did you shave some of the rubber off? Where did you find that wheel and what was it actually intended for?

Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on July 06, 2012, 12:29 PM:

We used the original housing for the cork wheel. UN screwed the large screw holding the housing together (BIG FYI the screw is reverse thread and there are about a dozen small steel bearings do not loose these open in a box or something to catch the bearing when they fly out) removed the cork put it back together without anything in it.. Then we put the rubber grommet in by stretching it around the housing (Rubber wire grommets Found in auto parts stores) we shaved the edges of the grommet to fit the housing.
Gerry

Posted by Roger Shunk (Member # 2836) on July 06, 2012, 01:00 PM:

Gerry,
Sent you a PM

Posted by Gerry Groeber (Member # 3132) on July 06, 2012, 01:02 PM:

Got it sent you a PM

Gerry

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