8mm Forum: 1200' S-8 reels with 16mm keys?

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Posted by Joseph Morrison (Member # 304) on November 29, 2004, 06:49 PM:

Hey Gang,

That's what you call the center of a motion picture reel, right? The key, as in double key or single key. I think. Anyways, someone has given me a bunch of 8mm wide reels, but with 16mm size keys. I think he did something with storing lots of film stock, and used them to wind off onto smaller s-8 key reels. So yes, these would work great with 16mm rewinds or whatever, but I can't think of what else these would be good for. Any ideas?

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on November 29, 2004, 08:31 PM:

1. On a drill press, drill through the flange hole with 1/2" drill. Becareful that the drill does not get hung up on the square hole. Make certain to drill through both sides, but one side at a time.

2. Use a file or an electric jigsaw with a fine tooth metal blade, and cut the key slots. You could place a super 8 reel over the 1200 foot reel and draw some pencil lines as a guide.

You should be able to then use these reels on your own equipment.
Please be careful. You can't focus a picture without fingers!

CG

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on November 30, 2004, 07:01 AM:

You could [Wink]

use a dremmel tool to make the slots with the small grinding wheels

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on November 30, 2004, 10:25 PM:

These are interesting suggestions however,
I would not bother with drilling out the center of the reels.
A small slip off center with a drill bit, and the reel will never spin with a proper balance.
Balance for a reel is important in keeping the film in place and wound correctly.
Improper balance will affect the running, spooling and rewinding of the film.

Incidentally, 8mm reels with 16mm keyways were the manufacturer of a private entrepreneur that created a system known as: Extend-A-Reels.

To my knowledge Extend-A-Reels was the first venture into creating feature presentations, from film mounted with 400' reel capacity projectors.

A special drive unit was used to unspool and take up the film from the projector.
Collectors may find this as an attractive sale on eBay.

Best,
Michael

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on December 02, 2004, 05:01 PM:

Mike is right with his warnings of caution. But I have done this before with a drill press and a home made template to secure the reels.

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