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HOME MOVIES FOR SEPTEMBER
SIMPLE construction of film loading device is seen in this picture of Mr. Thorpe's device. In this picture the covers have been removed and the film guide block inserted between the units.
SPLICER replaces guide block in this rear view of the loader which shows the crank used in winding film onto the camera spool from the bulk film reel in the larger compartment.
Making A Bulk Film Loader
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Loading spools with bulk
film sometimes enables the amateur movie maker to save considerable money. Most of us do our loading in a darkroom, which is fine if we have
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a darkroom; if we have to work in a small, crowded closet with a blanket draped over the door to keep out light, however, we usually come out soaked with perspiration and half knocked out by lack of oxygen.
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plywood is nailed on the back of the container and another similar piece used for a cover which is fastened with y4-20 bolts, 1 % inches long, with wingnuts. (Fig. 3.) Six of the bolts are used, spaced as shown
in the photograph above, left. Both back and cover are lined with black velvet.
One bolt passes through the center of the housing for the raw film reel to pivot on. This bolt is held in place with a flat
slot black velvet with ,Dnap intermingling
To enable me to work in daylight or in an ordinary room, I built the bulk film loader shown above. It takes me only a few seconds in the dark closet to insert the bulk film in the supply compartment, then 1
can work in daylight. Total waste is about one and one-half inches of film for each spool loaded.
Base of the loader is a piece of %-inch plywood, 17 inches long, shaped as shown in Fig. 1.
nut inside the y4-inch plywood back and goes through the lid, fastening with a wing nut. (Fig.
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Using an old 8mm. Univex splicer, I mounted it to the base with two hinges in back. (Fig.
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This splicer also takes 16 mm. or double-8 width film. I mounted it to the base up against the film holder with very little clearance. The hinges permit it to be picked -O up out of the way to allow free
The raw film container is made of one-inch plywood, 9x9 inches square and cut, as shown in Fig. 2. The inside of this cutout is lined with black velvet ribbon.
A 9x9-inch piece of y4-\nch
passage of the film.
Next I made a holder for my camera reel, using a 4x4-inch piece of one-inch plywood, cut as shown in Fig. 6. The inside is covered with black velvet ribbon, just as is the raw film
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