Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 11, 2003 05:33 PM
Hi, I have seen comments about 1200 ft spools that have been adapted to take 1600ft of film. Did anyone do the same for 800ft spools with a view to putting say 1200ft through an 800ft capacity machine?
Posts: 92
From: Peterborough Ontario
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 12, 2003 12:49 PM
Ah Ha! But Wait! There IS an 800 foot spool out there that probably has THE SMALLEST hub in Super 8 history. I have a print of Jason and The Argonauts and it is the Derann release and it fits snuggly on two of these babies. I stumbled upon them from a fella who offered me about 8 of them not realizing myself how wonderful they actually are. They are transparent reels with the smallest hub physically possible. Quite unique. D'Arcy
Posts: 92
From: Peterborough Ontario
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 12, 2003 12:50 PM
Ah Ha! But Wait! There IS an 800 foot spool out there that probably has THE SMALLEST hub in Super 8 history. I have a print of Jason and The Argonauts and it is the Derann release and it fits snuggly on two of these babies. I stumbled upon them from a fella who offered me about 8 of them not realizing myself how wonderful they actually are. They are transparent reels with the smallest hub physically possible. Quite unique. D'Arcy
Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 12, 2003 01:19 PM
Nice one D'Arcy. Do you think you could email me a picture next time you empty one? I wonder how difficult they would be to copy? But, are the motors in 800 machines robust enough to cope with the extra weight?