What contribution did you make today, to our wonderful hobby ?

[Brian Fretwell]

I have been examining and cleaning my Eumig 926 GS which is running slow, no improvement but went to my seriously damaged 903 which started OK but slowed down going forwards but not in reverse. I cleaned that an moistened the rubber discs, that made a great improvement to will try with the 926 later.

[Lee Mannering]

Nice job Paul.

I've been finishing up the sound track for my own S8 film of the Raise the Titanic filming locations. I've cut this in with the trailer and opening music. I filmed it all flat but when we are allowed out again I'm doing another in Scope to go on the feature. A simple thing to film no frills but really interesting projected before or after the actual film.

Currently checking 2000ft of new 35mm adverts by hand for possible S8 release. Gorgeous colour.

[Joe Caruso]

Along Melvin's line, purchased several back-up lamps for my Chinon and B&H...thinking to add a scope lens again. I also fancy attractive shelves and always eagerly seek out sharp original boxes, colorful and aesthetic. Since this constraint began, I catalogued every title with columns consisting of description, content, gauge, print condition worksheets and related comments...quite a task and a happy one. It's on-going of course....and on....and on, lol......Shorty

[Melvin England]

Yesterday I moved my 2x 600' copy of The Dirty Dozen and 2x 800' Grease from cheap looking reels on to Bonums in their own box, followed by printing the titles on the side of the boxes using one of those Dymo hand held printers that punch onto black thick sticky tape (remember them?)
I don't know about you, but I always like my shelves to look visually appealing and having a set of films that were not bought in their original boxes, all now housed in the same type looks really good.

Today I am sorting / ordering replacement bulbs. Had an accident last night. My Sankyo 702 blew a 15v 150w after probably less than 12x 400' The other replacements did not illuminate to pilot light standard. So, has a fuse gone on the projector that powers the bulb circuit, or have I got a replacement duff bulb ?
I swapped it for my Bell & Howell DCR ( a Sankyo by another name) which is 12v 100w. Would you believe it.....THAT bulb went as well! I thought I had a good supply of 12v 100w bulbs so popped the first one into the projector. Fantastic ! It lit ! Switched from pilot light to full light........band..... fused. This time it was my fault. 8v 50w in a 12v 100w box ! Silly me. I was alarmed to see that as I checked each 12v 100w box, most of the bulbs were in various levels of decay. More to the point.... didn't work. I can't remember them being like this last time I checked. It's as if every time a bulb blew, I put it back in the box instead of throwing it away.
Finally, I found a 12v 100w that worked. Game ON. Only problem was, this bulb filament is oh, so slightly larger than the rest, and does not have that "lip" around the edge to slot into position in the machine. Consequently, the beam is not directly going through the frame and the effect on the screen is that of probably a 20w bulb. The corner is light, but the middle has a dark patch. So THAT needs to be addressed, too.

So, I have that to do plus checking my 12v 100w and dumping the bad ones, checking my 702 fuses and ordering new bulbs.

It's a hard life this super 8 lark (!!!)

By the way, before anyone asks......... NO..... the film being shown wasn't Gremlins !

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[Erik Snel]

Today i serviced an Eumig Mark S O&M that i bought for my personal collection, also a Mark S710D wich someone modded with a second amplifier, both broken . i also serviced a bauer P7 TS universal, that one needs a new capacitor for starting the motor. and i put an Eumig R2000 and Pallas Soundmatic 800M on our dutch Ebay equivalent. and also decluttered the room a bit

[Ali Hipperson]

Here's a few more pictures.

[Ali Hipperson]

Having moved out of London late last year and relocated to the Isle of Bute off of the west coast of Scotland, I'm finally getting some time (work permitting) to get my 'cinema-room' sorted out and put together.

Although there is still much work to do - it's very much a pleasure (and not a work) in progress! 😊

[Brian Fretwell]

I thought it was mainly identifying the film stock type on Super 8 by the edge markings that was for young eyes.

[Steve Klare]

-Those are neat, Paul!

I did an interesting edit just now. I've had this film for years that I've never really liked because between two sound Newsreels, they put in a slug of silent home movie footage: it just didn't flow right for me. Today I decided to fix it. Of course you can't see "silent" on Super-8, so I had to project it, shoot some cell phone pictures of where to do the cuts and then take it to the editor and do the real cutting.

-normally a sound editor isn't a wish for me, but today it would have been handy!

(Editing Super-8 is a game meant to be played with young eyes!)

[Paul Adsett]

Lee's Eumig sign in his screening room picture inspired me to create my own version for my room, and also one for the Panasonic digital projector:



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[Chip Gelmini]

Steve Osborne can probably get split reels in all formats. As long as you have a good pair of rewinds in 16mm or 35mm format - a split reel will be excellent for films on cores. I don't use mine that much but I have one of each in the prime formats.

[Steve Klare]

Hi Janice,

In hindsight, it wasn't really that bad, but it was a first for me! (Next time, at least I won't be surprised by it!)

I kept running into these little obstacles: for example just at the critical moment I got a reminder that my take-up reel only fits on the spindle one way. I also sat and did that puzzle of which side the sprocket holes are on vs. the direction of the curl. (If it was double-perf I might still be there!)

-but just maybe when there are no more challenges, there will be no more satisfaction either.

[Janice Glesser]

Steve Klare Nice job transferring the film from the core to a reel. Not an easy task. This is when rewinds and a split reel makes life a lot easier. Just be glad your trailers weren't very long. Film can easily fall off the core just in handling. A core holding 1600 ft. of film or more can be a nightmare. I have a split reel now...but a few years ago I DIY'd a split reel out of card board. If you don't have to deal with cores very often...this does the trick

http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bi...c;f=5;t=001628

[Steve Klare]

Godspeed, Lee!

[Lee Mannering]

Half way thru filming FILM a movie destined for super 8 release. It promotes Super 8 and other gauges. No room for error as I'm shooting on negative.