8mm Forum: New 16mm Spools

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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 03, 2015, 02:45 PM:

Are new 16mm spools still being manufactured and are there any available from U.K. sellers?
I believe that Tuscan in the U.S. are still active but they will only accept large orders.
Cans are still available in the U.K. but their web-sites make no mention of matching spools.
New Super 8 spools are advertised here but I have been unable to track down any 16mm spools.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 03, 2015, 04:38 PM:

Maurice, Julio Castells in Spain is still manufacturing spools (for all gauges) at the moment but is on the way to change his activities. Some capacities are already no longer available. I gave his e-mail in the thread I opoened some months ago in the general section.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 04, 2015, 02:28 AM:

Dominique
I believe that Julio Castells Guinart has no web-site for sales and contact is made by email.
Am I right?
Do you have a price list?

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 04, 2015, 02:45 AM:

Julio has indeed no website. He can be contacted by e-mail or by phone but I don't know if he can speak Ebglish (he speaks French and of course Spanish), so an e-mail may be easier. I have a price list but it cannot be copy and paste, so I can send it to you by e-mail if you wish. Just pm me your e-mail address. Or if you wish a specific size, I can look for you and give you the price I see on the list through the forum if you prefer.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 04, 2015, 03:16 AM:

Dominique
I am primarily looking for 2200ft spools for 16mm.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 04, 2015, 03:25 AM:

The list is in meters, so a 700 meters 16 mm spool (380 mm diameter) costs 26,5 euros and the can costs 19 euros.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 04, 2015, 04:26 AM:

Many thanks Dominique, A 700m spool will give me an extra 96 feet!
Did you say that spool production has finished, or are they still available from stock?

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 04, 2015, 04:31 AM:

Julio Castells is moving in anothe business. He can still manufacture spools but no longer all the kinds. I don't know what the availability is 16 mm is. I ordered recently super 8 and 9.5 spools ; there was no problem for the 9.5 ones but several super 8 sizes are no longer available.

Posted by Clive Carmock (Member # 347) on June 13, 2015, 02:08 PM:

Last time I checked Tuscan were still making them in the US. All of their other subsidiaries closed down.

When I contacted them they were only making to order, and minimum order was, I think, 100 units.

They had some 2000 ft ones available for smaller quantities.

I wanted some new 1600 ft ones. They did say they would contact me if they got an order in as they would be willing to add a smaller quantity onto a production run, but I never heard back.

I guess if enough of us wanted some we could club together to get a run done.

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on June 14, 2015, 06:12 AM:

I'll soon put up on ebay some 1600' spools I don't need anymore- for anyone interested:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171820061950?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 15, 2015, 02:31 AM:

I must thank James Romero from Valencia who sent me a P.M. with a link to an American web-site who can supply spools and many other needed accessories.
Unfortunately, for any purchasers outside the U.S.A. there is a flat rate of US$60 for shipping.
However, if we want to enjoy our hobby, certain expenses are often necessary.
http://filmforevermpe.com/t/film-reels

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