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HOMEMADE FILM BIN
Eases task of editing 16mm film.
By GEORGE J. YARBROUGH
United Film Productions, Orlando, Fla.
Anyone familiar with the problems of editing 16mm film knows it is difficult to splice and its images almost impossi¬ ble to see without the aid of a magnifying viewer. It is convenient and easier on the eyes to look at a batch of strips hung right side up against a light that clarifies the image.
With the latter thought in mind, we recently constructed a film bin having the added convenience of easing the task of identifying the images. The completed unit is pictured in Fig. 1, at right.
Much of the conventional film editing equipment found today utilizes small pins on which to hang strips of film by the sprocket holes. While adequate, this method often results in damaging sprocket holes and tearing film.
Our bin utilizes ordinary spring clothespins, slightly modified, for holding each filmstrip upright for easy view¬ ing, while below is a muslin-lined receptacle that protects the remainder of the strip, no matter what length it may be.
The manner of preparing and mounting the clothespins is shown in Fig. 2 First, 2 divisions were marked off 1-inch apart on the bin header — a piece of lumber l"x2". Each clothespin was disassembled before mounting on the board. To permit mounting pins without splitting the wood, two small holes were drilled in one member of the pin. It was then mounted in place on the header with two carpet tacks. A large drift punch was used to drive the tacks to prevent splitting the clothespin.
After all initial clothespin halves were thus mounted.
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FIG. 1 — Author’s homemode film bin with bock-light for easing the task of identifying film strips. Modified clothespins ore used instead of pins to hold film strips which extend downward into muslin-lined bin.
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each spring was then bent slightly to reduce the pressure between jaws of the clothespins.
Before the clothespins were re-assembled, surfaces of the clip area were sanded down with a fine grade of sandpaper so they would not scratch film surfaces. We found that the gripping pressure of the pins was so slight that Ektachrome original film could forcibly be pulled out of the clothespins without damaging the emulsion.
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FIG. 2 — Method of preparing and mounting clothespins; holes are drilled in one member and tacks used for mounting.
FIG. 3 — Tubular light bulbs mounted in back of header of film rack furnish light for shadowbox that eases task of identifying filmstrips.
FIG. 4 — Liner was made of old bedsheet, formed like an open-end box, and inserted in the bin to give protection to films.
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