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Vern Weed
Junior
Posts: 10
From: Sequim, WA, USA
Registered: Dec 2013

posted April 29, 2015 07:30 PM

Haven't used this projector for a while, but worked last time,IIRC.
But now when I run a movie, the film travels through the machine fine, but the take-up reel on the bottom seems to outrun the sprockets. And within a few seconds the film is tight between the bottom sprocket and take-up reel and either snaps the film or makes the film start jumping the teeth on the sprocket.
So I took the cover off the sprocket gears and cleaned out the old grease and re-greased the gears, but that made no difference at all.
There were no loose gears or problems I could find. Since they all run off of the worm gear from the motor, I'm just not sure how the bottom take-up reel got out of synch with the others.
Any thoughts or ideas appreciated.

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David Michael Leugers
Master Film Handler

Posts: 264
From: Fairfield, OH, USA
Registered: Feb 2004

posted May 03, 2015 09:23 AM

The problem will be with the take-up, not the drive sprocket. The take-up reel should slip when the film gets to a certain tension between the sprocket and take-up reel. If it doesn't then you have the problem you describe.

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