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Hello Rodney. I had a spare 16mm splicer modified to 17.5mm for my sound films using the services of a local small engineering firm training apprentices. They wouldn't accept payment as it was a in house training so the young guy who did a wonderful job got a bonus from me and lots of praise.
Anyone thinking of getting into 17.5mm be wary of films as they are very often in warped condition and virtually un projectable being so old and brittle. I'm a little bit fortunate to have some decent sound shorts, features some of which date back to 1934 and very old.
I love the gauge and 9-5 but 17.5 is a little more than a labour of love.
Hello Rodney, that 17,5mm splicer seems more for mag 17,5mm (35mm split in half) than for 17,5mm film (check the perforation distance and also the lateral cut blade). 17,5mm mag film was used instead of 35mm mag film during editing, I think also in order to save costs. The fun thing, is that you may achieve the same result with a normal 35mm CIR splicer that cost less than half the 17,5mm one!
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