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Kilian Henin
Junior
Posts: 8
From: Calgary, AB, Canada
Registered: May 2016

posted June 02, 2016 01:32 PM

Hello,

I'm just curious if anyone here combines all of a film onto one giant reel. I don't actually mind doing a couple reel changes per feature, but it might be nice once in a while to just sit back and enjoy a film without having to get up.

Are there any disadvantages to 5000' reels? Is it worse for the print in some way?

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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

posted June 02, 2016 03:10 PM

Never heard of 5000' spools, my non-stop system which I once had used 6000' spools. Enough for a double feature for my mobile shows.
It was a lot of work making up and breaking down. So when I could afford it I bought a second projector for change-overs.
Two projectors also can give the audience a short break if so demanded.

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Maurice

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David Guest
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1704
From: Lancashire, UK
Registered: Oct 2011

posted June 02, 2016 03:57 PM

I have 4000 ft 5000ft and 6000ft spools all for sale

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John Hermes
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 139
From: La Mesa, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 2008

posted June 02, 2016 07:44 PM

I had a Kinotone 16mm pedestal projector once with a xenon lamphouse. I remember showing "A Summer Place" (130 minutes) uninterrupted. Pretty cool. Building up and breaking down the reels was no big deal with my Hollywood hand rewinds. It was certainly easier to wind by hand than a 6000' 35mm reel! Did that too!!

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John Hermes

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Kilian Henin
Junior
Posts: 8
From: Calgary, AB, Canada
Registered: May 2016

posted June 03, 2016 12:46 PM

Wow, I'd love to have a pedestal projector. But I'm too chicken to get one--they're so expensive and if anything broke or went wrong I'd have no idea how to get it fixed.

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted June 03, 2016 01:03 PM

Julio Castells, the Spanish spools manufacturer (who is changing business) had (I don't know if he still has some left) in his catalogue 1.400 mt (4.600 ft) and 2.000 mt (6.560 ft) 16mm spools.

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Dominique

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