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Posted by Bob DeMartino (Member # 3860) on August 15, 2013, 07:17 AM:
I put in a new belt drive and its working; almost. The film is not threading properly. It is threading but the film won't come out the take up reel side. I want to take off the front cover but I'm not sure how. There were two screws to take off the back cover but I don't see any for this side. Thank you.
Posted by Zechariah Sporre (Member # 2358) on August 15, 2013, 07:20 AM:
What brand/model projector do you have?
Posted by Bob DeMartino (Member # 3860) on August 15, 2013, 08:43 AM:
I have the Chinon Whisper dual 8.
Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on August 15, 2013, 09:15 AM:
Bob, the whole plastic front cover, or most of it, probably pulls straight off with a little effort. Then you can get at the lamp, lens, and film path....
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 15, 2013, 09:40 AM:
As Joe says, the side cover probably just pulls off. Having looked at a picture of this model I agree with him.
http://super8data.com/database/projectors_list/projectors_chinon/chinon_whisper_silver.htm
Not the whole side, but the piece where the name tag is.
Posted by Bob DeMartino (Member # 3860) on August 15, 2013, 02:12 PM:
OK I got the front off. I messed up a few feet of film but at least now I understand how the projector feeds the film. The frame as shown on the screen is half off i.e. split. How do I adjust that?
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on August 15, 2013, 04:50 PM:
Do you mean that the picture on the screen has a part of it that should be lower or higher ? If it is not that, ignore my answer. If it is that, on each projector there is a button (often near the focus adjustment knob) to adjust the picture.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 15, 2013, 06:53 PM:
Use the Framer to adjust the vertical placement of the film in the gate.
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 16, 2013, 02:28 AM:
As it's a dual gauge projector the framer control has a large range of adjustment. The frame lines of the two gauges are different in their position in relation to their perforations.
Posted by Bob DeMartino (Member # 3860) on August 16, 2013, 10:29 AM:
OK it's up and running. Now I need to do some film splicing, put the projector back together and set up my video recorder to try and copy some of the film. Thanks for all your replies.
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