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Posted by James Long (Member # 5588) on December 14, 2016, 02:27 PM:

I am a bit over my head in efforts to repair a moviedeck 465. I have successfully replace the shutter. I have not had success loading film. It seems that the claw mechanism is not grabbing the film. I can feel the it touching the film. I have tried adjusting the in/out cam as described in the manual without success. I do not understand how the claw mechanism works. Can someone give me a description?

Posted by Paul Browning (Member # 2715) on December 14, 2016, 02:58 PM:

Its just a simple box cam James, that rises( too move forward) and fall to (to release) the film perfs, add this to the rotation of the shutter and you have advance of the film frame, similar to how a sowing machine works. What is it not doing after you have adjusted it, this is a simplified explanation obviously.

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on December 14, 2016, 10:22 PM:

Sounds like it is out of sync with the shutter and is missing the perfs.

Posted by James Long (Member # 5588) on December 19, 2016, 07:43 PM:

I checked the shutter alignment and re-calibrated. Claw still does not grab the film. Do I add washers to move the in/out cam?

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