8mm Forum: Stupid question ... Where is the cutter?

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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 24, 2013, 04:21 PM:

I have a Chinon 6100 and a Prinz (something, don't remember the model) and I can't find a cutter on them. Is it usually no cutter and if not, how should it be cut (straight with a scissor?)

Thanks

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on March 26, 2013, 07:09 PM:

Hi Vidar,
Often the cutter is seperate and originally comes with the projector,but they are easily lost over the years,some projectors had them screwed onto the projector body. The film ends are best cut with a slight curve and just above a sprocket hole,it feeds easier that way for autofeeders.
Cheers,
Clinton

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on March 26, 2013, 07:14 PM:

Hi Vidar,
Often the cutter is seperate and originally comes with the projector,but they are easily lost over the years,some projectors had them screwed onto the projector body. The film ends are best cut with a slight curve and just above a sprocket hole,it feeds easier that way for autofeeders.
Cheers,
Clinton

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 27, 2013, 03:53 AM:

Super, that was what I thought ... Strange if they didn't need cutting at all. I guess that's a hard thing to find for a Prinz and a Chinon then?

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on March 27, 2013, 04:58 AM:

.....every film trimmer/cutter are exactly the same design, as long as they are for the 8mm film guage....

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 27, 2013, 07:54 AM:

You sure? If I use a film cut with the Eumig, it tends to stick in my Elmo, but not if I cut it on the Elmo. And they're not identical, can distinuish between Eumig and Elmo cuts

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on March 27, 2013, 09:25 AM:

I have seen some that are straight and others with a slight curve. Try a finger nail clipper that has a slight curve

Posted by Maurizio Di Cintio (Member # 144) on March 27, 2013, 04:21 PM:

It's true that Elmo have curved trimmers; film ends trimmed on other machines will, most certainly, not work on them. But this is an exception...

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on March 27, 2013, 06:11 PM:

I'm with Vidar on this one:

I've found that the Eumig 800 series cut (straight across with the corners cut at an angle) doesn't work well with an Elmo but the Elmo cut (curved) plays nicely on a Eumig 800 series, so my standard cut is "Elmo"

Posted by Alexander Lechner (Member # 1548) on March 28, 2013, 05:19 AM:

I'm using Eumig Mark S projectors for silent film; I don't have a cutter that came originally with them. But if I don't cut very close to the sprocket hole it wouldn't feed the film automatically and produce an accordion from the leader. Series 800 projectors, which show a very similar construction, don't show this behaviour. Odd.

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