8mm Forum: [Help!] Film Goes Off (Elmo 16 Projector)

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Posted by Zheng Peng (Member # 3947) on May 25, 2016, 02:31 PM:

Hi, I recently noticed a problem with a Elmo 16 projector.

When a film is running on the projector, at the beginning everything is alright. However, after a while, the film goes off the projector. After I re-thread the film onto the projector and start the projector, the problem quickly happens again.

I did not have this problem last year. And I do not have this problem with some other 16mm films. Not sure what went wrong. Any suggestions?

Posted by William Olson (Member # 2083) on May 26, 2016, 08:31 AM:

My first thought was that the rollers are going soft. Since it doesn't happen with all films, I would visually inspect the films that it does happen to. Compare them to a visual inspection of the ones that it doesn't happen to. See if you notice any differences.

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