I just got my hands on a Maier-Hancock hot splicer for a good price. Does anyone have any tips for adjusting the scraper? The instructions that I've found mention a shim to set the height, but I did not get one with my splicer. If anyone knows the appropriate thickness, I can find or make a shim to do the job.
I don't do enough splicing to merit having a bottle on hand that will go bad before I use much of it, so was wondering if anyone has had any luck with DIY film cements? There are recipes here:
https://www.filmkorn.org/super8data/...ilm_cement.htm
Kodak uses nitro-cellulose in theirs, rather than cellulose acetate to thicken it slightly. Only chemical that is not so easy to find seems to be dioxane. Methylene chloride seems to be the primary ingredient in weld-on acrylic cement, acetone and various alcohols are easy enough to find at a paint supply house.
I tried with just the acrylic cement (basically thinner than water liquid), but didn't have any luck. I think it evaporates too fast, or needs some film stock dissolved in it. weld-on #4 is doubt 50-50 or so methylene chloride and methyl acetate, with possibly some acrylic monomer added. I'm going to try with weld-on #3 if I can find where I put the bottle of it that I had. it has about 80-95% methylene chloride, and the remainder being Dimethyl Glutarate and a small amount of Methyl Methacrylate Monomer. The last recipe on the page from filmkorn is basically straight methylene chloride with a bit of ethanol.
One thing that I thought I would try is skin-shield liquid bandage. This might do well with a little extra acetone or weld-on #3 added.
For now, all experiments are being done on scraps of leader that I've got laying around. I'll not use any mystery stuff on actual films, until I've determined that they are safe!
I have tape splicers for where they are better suited, but figured this cement splicer would be good to have in my bag of tricks. Any tips, thoughts regarding cement splicing, especially DIY cement, would be greatly appreciated.
I don't do enough splicing to merit having a bottle on hand that will go bad before I use much of it, so was wondering if anyone has had any luck with DIY film cements? There are recipes here:
https://www.filmkorn.org/super8data/...ilm_cement.htm
Kodak uses nitro-cellulose in theirs, rather than cellulose acetate to thicken it slightly. Only chemical that is not so easy to find seems to be dioxane. Methylene chloride seems to be the primary ingredient in weld-on acrylic cement, acetone and various alcohols are easy enough to find at a paint supply house.
I tried with just the acrylic cement (basically thinner than water liquid), but didn't have any luck. I think it evaporates too fast, or needs some film stock dissolved in it. weld-on #4 is doubt 50-50 or so methylene chloride and methyl acetate, with possibly some acrylic monomer added. I'm going to try with weld-on #3 if I can find where I put the bottle of it that I had. it has about 80-95% methylene chloride, and the remainder being Dimethyl Glutarate and a small amount of Methyl Methacrylate Monomer. The last recipe on the page from filmkorn is basically straight methylene chloride with a bit of ethanol.
One thing that I thought I would try is skin-shield liquid bandage. This might do well with a little extra acetone or weld-on #3 added.
For now, all experiments are being done on scraps of leader that I've got laying around. I'll not use any mystery stuff on actual films, until I've determined that they are safe!
I have tape splicers for where they are better suited, but figured this cement splicer would be good to have in my bag of tricks. Any tips, thoughts regarding cement splicing, especially DIY cement, would be greatly appreciated.
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