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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted January 05, 2012 08:30 PM

Hi all,
I have 2 x 9.5mm films 60ft and they are a bit worn but for a movie that maybe be 75yrs old they are in good condition!
When my Spectro loses the bottom loop while palying is that because the sprocket holes on the actual film are damaged?

All my others play fine.
Cheers,
Clinton

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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008

posted January 07, 2012 02:20 AM

Clinton
you would probably be the best judge of that... Are the sprocket holes on the film damaged? If so that can definitely cause it to lose its lower loop. It can also happen if the film is excessively shrunken. I have also seen it happen if the film has a rough or thick splice, which can cause it to bounce off the claw. And even if the film has some curl on the sides it can slip off. This is the one and only drawback of the Specto in that it has no means of resetting the loop.

This is why I added a stationary roller underneath the gate, so that if it wants to lose the loop it can't and I can flip the gate lever open and closed and this usually resets the loop so I just get a momentary roll of picture rather than having to stop the show because the loop disappears..

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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posted January 07, 2012 10:17 PM

Cheers Dino,
I guess I am going to come across any number of those reasons when buying 9.5mm films - they are getting very old but worth the gamble and the collecting of the films.

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Dino Everette
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posted January 07, 2012 10:48 PM

absolutely but, you will do yourself a big favor by picking up some 9.5 rewinds, and inspecting/repairing the films before running them since as you know there will never be any more produced.

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Ken Finch
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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted January 08, 2012 12:13 PM

Hi Clinton, I expect you will have checked to see if the sprocket hole damage is the cause of the loss of lower loop when projecting on your Specto by now. However, another cause can be the take up spring belt being too tight, or the wrong size, particularly if the take up reel has a small core diameter. If the sprocket hole was already damaged the top loop would have become larger at the same time as you lost the lower one.

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Ken Finch
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
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posted January 08, 2012 12:14 PM

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted January 08, 2012 09:16 PM

Well...I found that they both had sprocket hole damage in the places that caused the loop lose (2 or 3 holes ripped to become one long sprocket hole), I repaired them and it plays perfectly now - well apart from the wear and tear film quality of that age.

It took about 30 mins to do each one but well worth the time....they were 60ft reels, my next task is a 800ft-ish "No Limits" with George Formby film that needs joining etc.

But thanks to those thoughts I will be able to lookout for the other causes.

I am really enjoying building my 9.5mm film catalogue, it gives me a feeling of past technology etc.

Cheers,
Clinton

P.S. and I have been looking for some 9.5 rewinds but have not had any luck yet.

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