Film 'stuck' in my Eumig Mark 501

[Rudy Kessen]

Hi all;

Thanks for the add.

I just picked uo a working Eumig mark 501 & have run a few reels through it with no problem. However, tonight as I was watching a real, the real stopped automatically feeding the take up reel & I heard that dreaded 'tic, tic, tic, tic, sound where I 'think' the reel is stuck & I assume the gears are eating through the square feeder holes.
On top of that, I can't get it to rewind properly either. the front reel starts pinning madly & spitting the film out the front while the take up reel doesn't move.

HELP!!!!!!

& Thank you!

[Brian Fretwell]

If you take the side cover off (undo the screw you can see) and open the gate fully, as when cleaning, you can remove the film easily as it is a sproketleass machine. There is a spring that you have to manouver the lens/gate to get it open fully.

[Rudy Kessen]

If you take the side cover off (undo the screw you can see) and open the gate fully, as when cleaning, you can remove the film easily as it is a sproketleass machine. There is a spring that you have to manouver the lens/gate to get it open fully.

Thank you!

[Brian Fretwell]

There is also a pull off cover over the top entry slot sring finger I forgot on the original post. You need to take that off to clean the chanel so you may have known about it. It's been a while since I used my Mk 501.

[Rudy Kessen]

Thanks Mark;

I'm now on the hunt for a new take up reel as mine's warped & the film doesn't feed in properly...☹

[Tony Kelly]

Dont forget as i found out last year when i bought a beaulie projector to test it with a film that isnt expensive, this projector chewed up the start of an expensive feature so i would test the projector you bought with an old film of some sort good luck

[Brian Fretwell]

Thankfully there is very little in a Mk 501 to chew up film as it is a sproketless design, only the claw can really do damage though mine had a tendancy to scratch on one side.

[Dominique De Bast]

[QUOTE=Tony Kelly;n96205]beaulie projector to test it with a film that isnt expensive, this projector chewed up the start of an expensive feature/QUOTE]

You have to cut the leader with the Beaulieu cutter to avoid impropre loading.