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Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 15, 2008, 05:23 PM:

I took this photo just before a screening, the reels can take about 70 minutes of film "I think", in most cases the max I would use on the GS1200 is 1200ft but I made a few reels just to take films that are just over that amount by using a small centre. I only have two features that will fit onto a single reel, this one in the photo and the Derann feature "Peter Pan".

You can also use old 12 inch records plenty of those around either for storage or for use on the projector, all you need is a centre and a few screws.
Here is a quick photo of one of those films "ran that night" that just fits, a 1930s Selznick classic a bit blurry "Digital Camera does not like movement" and a wee bit red on the odd reel "still good" any guess what it is? [Roll Eyes]

Graham.

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on March 17, 2008, 12:07 AM:

Those reels look very good Graham! almost look like 35mm reels!
sorry I don't know the picture of the film, looks like a western???? [Smile]

Pat

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 17, 2008, 01:43 AM:

Thanks Pat

Spent a lot of time making them but only made a few.

The movie was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" 1938.

Talking about a Westerens this Wednesday I have scheduled a mid-night screening of "3:10 to Yuma" at the cinema, the release date here in NZ is 20th March got the OK from the film distributor to kick it of early, anyone want to come....free pizza [Wink]

Graham.

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on March 17, 2008, 09:39 AM:

Graham,

Those reels are absolutely lovely; if you were to do limited production, I would snap up a set of 750m ones from you [Smile]

Old records as reels... [Eek!]

Sorry, can't do that, not even if they were disco ones; I still love LPs too much.

Nice work. If the dollar were stronger, I might take you up on the midnight screening/pizza offer [Big Grin]

Claus.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on March 18, 2008, 04:11 PM:

Graham, they look as beautiful as a reel can look. Is it possible for us mere mortals to produce something of such beauty? How did you do it?

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on March 18, 2008, 06:43 PM:

I will be there for the pizza dont know about the film though??? [Wink]

Pat

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on March 19, 2008, 02:54 AM:

Thanks Claus and Bill
I was luckey in those days to work in aviation all the material came out of the scrap bin behind the guillotine, clamped four bits of flat aluminium marked it out and used a hole saw on the drill press and a band saw for the outer circle. the gear we had back then was heavy duty stuff so it made it easy, and everything was securely clamped, doing it at home would be a lot harder, finishing with a file and rubbing down paper, to make a centre I found material about 8mm thick and once again used the hole saw.

These are 1200ft reels the machinist at work made up four centres for me on the lathe and are very heavy reels, no warping with this stuff [Roll Eyes]

those were the days.

Graham. [Smile]

Posted by David Michael Leugers (Member # 166) on March 22, 2008, 06:14 PM:

Beautiful workmanship on those reels. For expediency and not having a lathe, I would use 16mm reels that are riveted together.
Drill the two halves apart and create a new center, rivet the two halves and center back together. Anyone do this?

David M. Leugers

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