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Edouard Dubertret
Film Handler

Posts: 79
From: france
Registered: Jun 2007

posted June 13, 2017 08:31 AM

Hi everybody,
I just find on internet a way to repair by yourself the rollers of the elmo 16-cl.
Link here:
https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151350507250321.808214.766955320&type=1&l=da0c8e0066
Is someone has already test it?

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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

posted June 13, 2017 09:01 AM

Here is a previous posting regarding Elmo rollers.
http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=001437#000003

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Edouard Dubertret
Film Handler

Posts: 79
From: france
Registered: Jun 2007

posted June 13, 2017 01:35 PM

Thanks Maurice,
I saw it, but I had never think to do it by myself. I will try to do it next few days. I just need to find the right diameter and thickness of each roller.

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Terry Lagler
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 525
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008

posted June 14, 2017 08:29 AM

I've used the method described above to replace a roller that went gooey on a CL (only one roller went bad?)Worked out well.
Cheers,
Terry

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Edouard Dubertret
Film Handler

Posts: 79
From: france
Registered: Jun 2007

posted June 15, 2017 02:37 PM

Thanks Terry,
On mine, both 5 rollers are gooey... I bought silicone tube and will try as soon as I will receive it.

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 15, 2017 09:05 PM

Why would you want to possibly damage your expensive films by this "do it yourself" method, when you can get excellent original Elmo specification replacements? Not worth the risk in my opinion...

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Edouard Dubertret
Film Handler

Posts: 79
From: france
Registered: Jun 2007

posted June 16, 2017 09:38 AM

I think that there is no more original elmo specification replacements. That's why all sellers ask to send them back the old rollers by making money refunds.
I asked to a professional in France to change them and he said me that he make it by himself directly on the projector. So...
But I will test it with a test print.

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted June 16, 2017 02:05 PM

You can get new rollers using original Elmo specifications from HERE.

Scroll down to the PROJECTOR PARTS AND ACCESSORIES section.

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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011

posted June 23, 2017 08:47 AM

I'm surprised this works, as the plastic and rubber have different hardness and surface texture. Do they not "skid" over the film surface because of how shiny it is, plus the roundness issue would this not cause wow on the sound.

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Edouard Dubertret
Film Handler

Posts: 79
From: france
Registered: Jun 2007

posted June 23, 2017 01:24 PM

It's not made with plastic tube but silicone tube. The hardness and surface texture are not so much different with rubber. And it's possible to do it with rubber tube. Original rubbers are in fact in urethane. New ones than you can buy in professional shop are refurbished in urethane too I think.

Thanks Janice for the link. But Now I have others questions:
On the site there are pictures of new rollers and 2 are black ( I think in urethane) and 2 are transparent. Is it made in silicone? Or ...

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted June 23, 2017 02:17 PM

Edouard I don't know what the materials are, but you can contact Larry Urbanski directly for that info. I can say that I have bought these rollers and they are perfect. You can probably get other replacements that may or may not work. But Larry's rollers are 100% made to Elmo specs and the materials will not go "gooey" like the original rollers did.

http://www.urbanskifilm.com/elmo.html

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