8mm Forum: Chinon Q1 4000Gl not feeding Film

»	8mm Forum » 8mm Forum » Chinon Q1 4000Gl not feeding Film

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: Chinon Q1 4000Gl not feeding Film

E John Williams
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Cardiff, Wales
Registered: Feb 2018

posted February 27, 2018 08:36 AM

I have purchased the subject machine of the net and there is an issue in that the film will not feed though the Film gate. I have removed a couple of small pieces of broken film from within the mechanism but still no film feed. On Closer inspection i find that the Film Gate drive appears to be disengaged, I have no idea how this is supposed to work, but just trying to get something sorted so that i can use the projector. I have iploaded an image of the internals of the projector with notes on where i think the key issues are.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

John W

| IP: Logged

Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted February 27, 2018 11:00 AM

John
Are you sure it's not in the STILL mode?

--------------------
Maurice

| IP: Logged

E John Williams
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Cardiff, Wales
Registered: Feb 2018

posted February 27, 2018 11:16 AM

Maurice,

It is not in the STILL mode and i checked the mechanism and what i can see does seem to operate correctly in that it releases a small arm that stops one of the sproketted wheels from turning that would effectively stop Film Feed.

The other thing i have noticed is that the wheels that should be engaged in order to feed film through the Film Gate are "Locked" or jammed i cannot tell, the one thing for sure is that i cannot trun them manually.

Thanks

John W

| IP: Logged

Nantawat Kittiwarakul
Master Film Handler

Posts: 280
From: Rajburana, Bangkok, Thailand
Registered: Aug 2017

posted February 27, 2018 09:17 PM

There seems to be sort of clutch mechanism in the middle sprocket drive (where you mentioned that the outer part was turning,but the inner wasn't). That might be just sticky so it could not be engaged. Have a closer inspection around that part,and a good clean/lube if needed,might help. [Wink]

--------------------
Just a lone collector from a faraway land...

| IP: Logged

E John Williams
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Cardiff, Wales
Registered: Feb 2018

posted March 02, 2018 02:09 AM

No Luck resolving this issue, thanks for all your help.

John W

| IP: Logged

Jason Moffatt
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 104
From: Denham, Buckinghamshire, UK
Registered: Aug 2014

posted June 01, 2019 06:54 AM

I have just picked up one of these and it seems to have the same problem, both sprockets are not being driven for some reason.Everything else seems to be working ok.Anyone know?.

| IP: Logged

All times are Central

Printer-friendly view of this topic

UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2