From: 40 Frames (email suppressed)
Date: Fri May 29 2009 - 08:54:09 PDT
By "upper loop" you're referring to the projector, correct, nothing to do
with the top-mounted
looper mechanism?
You might have already checked this, but did you inspect the condition of
the sprocketed
roller? Are there any bent or missing ridges on the sprockets?
--Alain
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Pablo de Ocampo
<email suppressed>wrote:
> hello folks.
>
> Having no luck trouble shooting a film path problem I am having on an Eiki
> SSL-O and wanted to see if anyone has any ideas.
>
> The projector is currently running a loop with a top mounted looping
> mechanism of unknown origin (german), though it is similar in design the
> the
> ones nowhere lab in london produces.
>
> It seems like the upper loop is having problems forming properly, or
> maintaining proper tension. As the film is coming off the first sprocketed
> roller, it箂 getting caught up, like the film is sticking to the sprocket
> roller and this snag is causing the upper loop to go crazy.
>
> My theory is that the sprocket holes of the film have worn in such a way
> that they are snagging on the sprocket wheel. You can actually feel small
> tears or stretches in the sprocket holes on the film. It could also be a
> slight alignment issue for the projector, but I took in a roll of fresh
> film
> today and it had no troubles at all running through the machine.
>
> Is there something else on the projector that could be causing this?
> Alignment of the rollers around the first sprocket wheel?
>
> Thanks in advance for any idears here.
>
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