Posts: 65
From: Barcelona, Spain
Registered: Feb 2015
posted December 02, 2017 01:08 PM
Dear friends,
I have a question: This afternoon I was seeing a 16mm film, and I had one problem:
The film goes down from the front reel and cover the lense before go to the receipt reel.(sometimes as you see in pictures goes to floor...)If I stop with hand the front reel who had the film, the film continues well to the receipt reel.
What can be the cause? The clutch? the quality of film?
I rewind with projector (not with special 16mm film rewinder) maybe is the reason film with slack? See picture.
I tried with a more little reel and all went well, see picture.
Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
posted December 03, 2017 09:30 AM
Arturo The top spool is over running. There should be a slight tension to the spool to prevent this. There is possibly a problem with the clutch, particularly if you also rewind on the projector.