8mm Forum: 60' Cartridge Problem

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Posted by Craig Gildner (Member # 5119) on July 23, 2017, 09:25 PM:

I have a fairly worn copy of Harold Lloyd's Over The Fence, purchased on eBay. I discovered upon arrival that the slot in the hub for part 1 has been installed on the wrong side. Is there any way to remove that part with the slot from the hub and attach it to the other side of the cartridge? I'm having a hard time figuring out how they got the movie to project...the film is wound correctly in the right direction around the hub. Thanks.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on July 24, 2017, 01:41 AM:

Graig, English not beeing my mother tongue, I'm not sure I understand completely your problem but if you want to remove a film from a cartridge, all you need to do is to remove the central small cylinder (with a small screwdriver for example)

Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on August 13, 2017, 12:26 PM:

Hi Craig, I don't know if you solved the 9.5mm cartridge (we call them cassettes)problem, but the simple answer is to remove the film completely, turn the cassette round 180 degrees and feed it back in, end first. You may have difficulty in attaching the end of the film back on the hub as it does depend on how it was attached in the first place. From you description, it sounds as if the film was removed by someone and then put back with the cassette the wrong way round. Hope this helps, Ken Finch.

Posted by Michael Duffey (Member # 6035) on August 26, 2017, 04:17 PM:

A similar problem...I have been looking at several empty cassettes that I have (both 30 and 60 feet) and can't see how to load film into them. There is a slot in the central 'shaft/cylinder' but you really can't get your fingers in there- ideas please?

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 26, 2017, 04:25 PM:

I just put a piece of tape on the end of the film. Use a small stick...screw driver...or even a heavy straw inserted into the cartridge to press the tape to the cartridge hub and then reel it up.

Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on August 30, 2017, 03:21 PM:

Hi Craig and Michael, the method Janice mentions works quite well but I have also fitted the end of the film into the slot on the cassette hub by cutting the end of the film into a V shape and sliding it in with the aid of a small screwdriver. A bit fiddly and some patience but it works. Kinking the base end of the V also helps. Ken Finch.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 30, 2017, 03:55 PM:

I like to use the tape because when you get to the end it is less likely to pull out again and you have to do the threading to the reel all over again [Eek!]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 31, 2017, 05:09 AM:

To stop film coming out of a cassette Pathe arranged for a few perforations towards the end of the film to be pulled out into a vertical slot.
When the Pathe Baby got to this point its claw could not engage and the film just stopped. A simple but effective idea.

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