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First started doing my own 8mm Magnetic sound film striping at home in the 70's. For those new to 8mm sound film you need a magnetic stripe glued to the film to enable sound recording to it.
My first film striper was was a Rexette made by Balfour in London. These were economy units built to suit the film makers pocket and if used correctly they worked very well indeed. They were produced at a time when our UK phone numbers had far less digits than today and have certainly stood the test of time....
Looking back I was a boy when I got my exciting machine to add a sound track to my silent machines and the joy of getting the stripe to stick to the film was quite a achievement. Around the film clubs of the day many bemoaned home film striping but problems were largely due to not cleaning the films prior to striping or not reading the instruction manual.
2021
Just finished another batch of 3000ft home movies and thought it worth mentioning a little how to when adding the physical side to your 8mm films.
My old stock of adhesive to stick mag stripe to film ran out and some friends who also do home striping at home wanted some more. I started looking into how to make a good 'GOOP' to stick the track and here are the results.
Its very important to clean the film really well so that to assure a clean surface for any adhesive to work no 1. Miss that key point and the mag track will drop off guaranteed.
The old Rexette was basic but worked using a projector to transport the film thru the machine offering a constant transport at 18fps.. Well maintained it works well and guess you can say mine stood the test of time very well.
Having been a performing musician sound it important to me even with film and good striping is key to a good show for your audience. I've been messing with various adhesives and now have one to stick laminate stripe to Extachrome 100D which is flexible enough for film.
Anyway here are a few snaps of home film striping using the old Rexette..
UM photos don't seem to want to upload at the moment I shall return to this when we can. :-)
Got some of the pictures up phew. Anyway that's film striping and what good quality stripe looks like!! Cough Cough 😁
My first film striper was was a Rexette made by Balfour in London. These were economy units built to suit the film makers pocket and if used correctly they worked very well indeed. They were produced at a time when our UK phone numbers had far less digits than today and have certainly stood the test of time....
Looking back I was a boy when I got my exciting machine to add a sound track to my silent machines and the joy of getting the stripe to stick to the film was quite a achievement. Around the film clubs of the day many bemoaned home film striping but problems were largely due to not cleaning the films prior to striping or not reading the instruction manual.
2021
Just finished another batch of 3000ft home movies and thought it worth mentioning a little how to when adding the physical side to your 8mm films.
My old stock of adhesive to stick mag stripe to film ran out and some friends who also do home striping at home wanted some more. I started looking into how to make a good 'GOOP' to stick the track and here are the results.
Its very important to clean the film really well so that to assure a clean surface for any adhesive to work no 1. Miss that key point and the mag track will drop off guaranteed.
The old Rexette was basic but worked using a projector to transport the film thru the machine offering a constant transport at 18fps.. Well maintained it works well and guess you can say mine stood the test of time very well.
Having been a performing musician sound it important to me even with film and good striping is key to a good show for your audience. I've been messing with various adhesives and now have one to stick laminate stripe to Extachrome 100D which is flexible enough for film.
Anyway here are a few snaps of home film striping using the old Rexette..
Got some of the pictures up phew. Anyway that's film striping and what good quality stripe looks like!! Cough Cough 😁
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