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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted May 07, 2013 04:00 PM

I am thinking of buy there and converting the to super 8mm. I want something that will handle 1200' reels. The seller says the shafts are 5/15 inch. Anybody got ideas or opinions?

Thanks

PatD

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted May 07, 2013 04:24 PM

I have a nice Neumade 35mm rewind that I would like to use for Regular 8mm but the shaft is too large for the reels. I could drill out a Regular 8mm to Super 8 adapter to use it with Super 8 reels but I don't know how to get it to work with Regular 8mm reels. I have not tried this yet so I don't know how well it will work. One problem I see is there is no way to catch the reel from spinning free on the shaft. The peg that catches a 35mm reel is too large. I suppose I could glue the adapter to the shaft.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
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posted May 07, 2013 06:40 PM

Bryan

What about changing the reel to super 8mm? Then if you run them on 8mm projector that only runs 8mm use adapters?

PatD

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted May 07, 2013 07:35 PM

Pat, I was wrong, I just checked it again, the shaft is the correct size for Regular 8mm, it's just the catch that's too big to fit into the slot on the 8mm reel. I need to figure out how to keep the reel from spinning free. I will also need some spacers but that should be easy.

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