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Brian Stearns
Master Film Handler

Posts: 487
From: Lexington
Registered: Jun 2013

posted August 20, 2013 05:39 AM

Do you prefer tape,cement or superglue to splice your films?

is Kodak press tapes any good?

I was reading past post and it said guillotine splicers are the best. is there a cheaper splicer just as good?

thanks
Brian

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted August 20, 2013 07:30 AM

The Marguet is a good splicer, using a chamfer for the join, making it thinner going through the gate, the Eumig Chemo is a good one
to, them there is the Kollmatic, that used motorised grinders to
make an almost invisible join. All the afore mentioned Brian, are cement splicers.

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 20, 2013 09:10 AM

tape is probably the best since you do not loose frames cement splices require cutting one frame out each time. I use both my leaders are all cemented but use tape on the films that are poly.

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jim schrader
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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted August 20, 2013 12:06 PM

Since most of what I splice are home movies I'm less worried about loosing a frame or two. I prefer the Bolex 8mm/Super 8 Beveled Splicer. It's easy to use and makes a splice that you can barely notice going through the projector.

Another reason I prefer cement to tape is because I clean my film with Filmrenew. That stuff dissolves tape splices.

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