[Frameworks] 35mm / 16mm hot splicer question

[Scott Stark]

a bummer, thanks guys - looks like it's not 
usable for 35mm. Fortunately I got it cheap, but 
cheap is expensive if it doesn't work...

Still, I'm wondering how you align the right-hand 
film strip - it looks like there are no holes for pins at all. ??

Jeff, the platens are slightly wider than a strip of 35mm film.

Oh, and the acetone worked great! pins are now 
retractable. Too bad I had to buy a quart of it just for 2 drops -- :-)

thank you,
Scott

At 03:56 PM 2/8/2015, Jeff Kreines wrote:
>Yep, Buck as always is right — I hadn’t looked closely at the pictures.
>How wide are the platens?
> > On Feb 8, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Scott Stark <sstark at hi-beam.net> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Jeff, will try that. Any idea on how 
> to align the two film strips without the pins? 
> The 16mm seems to be the only one on the right; 
> there are two other holes on the left that 
> might produce pins once it's unglued. Or are 
> 35mm pros so expert they don't need pins?
> >
> > thanks
> > Scott
> >
> > At 03:00 PM 2/8/2015, you wrote:
> >> On this older version, I think the front and 
> back buttons work in tandem — push on the rear 
> one to move pins in one direction, the front to 
> move in the other.  Same on each side.
> >> The pins may be stuck —try some acetone in 
> the holes around the pins to dissolve old film 
> cement.  Work the buttons back and forth.
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >> Jeff Kreines
> >>
> >> > On Feb 8, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Scott Stark <sstark at hi-beam.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi all, I have a Bell & Howell 35mm/16mm 
> hot splicer that supposedly has "retractable" 
> 16mm registration pins. I'm wanting to cut some 35mm neg on it.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know how to retract the pins? 
> And how to align the 35mm film without them? I 
> don't see any other pins other than the 16mm 
> ones right in the middle of the 35mm image. 
> There are some buttons on the sides that don't 
> seem to move, and some other nuts and screws.
> >> >
> >> > Pics:
> >> >
> >> > http://hi-beam.net/temp/IMG_1597.JPG
> >> > http://hi-beam.net/temp/IMG_1596.JPG
> >> >
> >> > I have seen this splicer mentioned here: 
> http://www.smecc.org/film_cameras_for_television_news.htm 
> but could not find a manual for it.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any advice!
> >> >
> >> > best,
> >> > Scott
> >> > www.scottstark.com
> >> > www.hi-beam.net
> >> >
> >> >
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